The Stockman Standpipe (Success)

At this point I have failed to mentioned i had Mollies in quarantine. I had worked to convert them from fresh water to salt water. I added them to the Display Tank shortly after it cycled and i started adding corals.

So after much research I decided i would get fish and quarantine them as i wait for my display tank to normalize and grow good bacteria. 

So while I was sitting waiting for my tank to cycle I kept reading about RODI systems and how they help from adding elements to the water that I may not want building up over time. I was also getting kinda sick of mixing in water conditioner and hoping for the best . I was looking at the space required and the cost of setting up such a system and was not really digging it. However i happen across a great deal on a mixing station and RODI system. It is fairly compact and works great. It saves me so much time vs mixing out 5 galons at a time. or even the 20 gallon totes.

So im going to build a reef-pi system to do automation on this tank. It will be able to act as a timer and an ATO ( Automatic Top Off) This will hopefully help cut down on the amount of time i have to spend on upkeep.

It is now after Christmas and I can move the tank into the Family room from the garage.