Hi, posting my cycled tank.
Red Sea Reefer 350, 75 gallon display, 18 gallon tank and DIY refugium. I have a Tunze protein skimmer, activated carbon, gfo, ceramic bricks and multiple macroalgae and a mangrove sprout in my refugium for filtration. I built a lockable custom cover. The rocks are bonded with reef safe cement. The tank has been cycling for over 2 months now.
Here are the water parameters:
Temperature: 72F (It's actualy higher in the picture but that's because I made the dumb decision of buying a cheap crappy pump and it started heating a couple of days ago, this should be fixed when I receive the new pump I ordered on wednesday and go back to the previous temperature of 72F)
Salinity: 1.027
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate: ≈1ppm
Copper: 0ppm
phosphate: 0.25ppm
Alkalinity:161mg/L
Chlorine: 0ppm
I would like this tank to house a bimaculoides octopus and want to make sure that this setup is suitable.