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Welcome to 3reef heavy K.
The term "aged water" was brought up on another post by Tangster in regards to a question by TinFury about how much water is safe to remove when...
Best of luck Matt !
I have a coralife 220 for my main tank (120g) and the smaller coralife 165 for my 20g. They both work great, are quiet, and pull out some really...
Welcome to 3reef !
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I guess we're all newbies in here to a degree. The only pro in all of this is "Mother Nature" herself. On average a cycle will last 4-6 weeks...
I don't think you should be doing water changes while your tank is cycling.
I leave the shells in the tank.
I mix as well. So far so good. Looks kind of nice actually.
Congrats on your upgrade QTYPIE424 8) This is really a "sick" hobby..... gotta love it though. Good luck with your 55g. Eventually you may...
Good looking animals J. How 'come I don't have friends like that?
Ummm...isn't this a "family friendly" type of forum? Some people have allot of spare time.
By doing a "full water change" you would most likely start another cycle since all the beneficial bacteria is gone.
My puffer spitting. :P My tanks are pretty quiet. Once in a blue moon I'll hear a slight gurgling from the output of my 20g skimmer only...
Ammonia and nitrite should be zero and your nitrates should be as close to zero as possible to consider that the tank has cycled. If you have any...
Anyone have any experience (good or bad) with automatic feeders?
For what it's worth, Canada requires all food packaging to list the ingredients of the product. I'm not sure if this applies to the States as well....
Nice stuff Marc.
Thanks for the heads-up Curt.
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