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I am not to worried, the only thing I have in my tank at the moment is a cuc. Just making sure my hunch was halfway correct.
I have the aragonite that came with the Rsm kit and some caribisea aragonite.
Get a refractometer. I have a captive purtiy and it is way more accurate
My Rsm has been running for 10 weeks today. The past couple days I have had diatoms start blooming on one side of the tank, I also have a little red...
sorry I use reefcon pro
The Red sea max 250 hasent been released here in the us as of yet. Have been told in another forum that probably aaround end of the year. Supposedly...
I removed them all together. If you have plenty of live rock you should not need the bioballs. But I would also do about a 20% water also. Also you...
Sounds like you have pads. I would start checking for calc, mag, phospates as well. Congrats and good luck.
In my RSM the bio balls were clogged up with junk. I Removed them since I don't like using them anyway. But I would check them out. I have talked to...
Look through the threads in this forum, lots of good info. the deltecs and elos skimmers are nice, so are the pm's
0ne and a half pounds per gallon no bio-balls in imo
If your water params are good ammonia 0/ nitrates basically 0/nitrites 0/ ph around 8.2 get yourself a small janitor crew. They will keep the algea...
The black sponge that come with the RSM can cause the bubbles to be produced if it is the real thick one. The one that came with my rsm was about 5...
You will always have a cyle in a marine tank, sorry for the bad news but that is the way it is. Smaller tanks require more attention that the larger...
Your tank params are not right. Ammonia should be 0/ Nitrates should be basically 0/ nitrites shoud be 0/ and ph should be around 8.3. You shoud...
Ok thanks guys calc,mag, and alk and go slow.
Curing live rock is fairly easy just put in the tank and let it sit for a couple weeks. Just be patient with it.
If you are curing you l/r in your tank you really don't need to run your lights for a couple weeks. The RSM is a nice setup it has some great...
You should probably keep your heater at 79-80. That is what mine is set at. If you got your heart set on a chiller JBJ makes coog ones for 35 galloan...
Since you purchase uncured live rock imo your rock will need at least three to four more weeks to cure in your tank. As for a ro/di I don't...
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