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I'd keep looking for a 200+....you can never have too big...lol jk.....but from the sounds of things I would go 75....im gonna be breaking my 125...
I have LiveRock from my predator tank that has a lot of corraline growth and nice colors, that i am tryin to keep goin...but its mostly for me...i...
I am cycling my 265 its about 2 weeks in...and when i got home and turned on the lights for the 2.5hr time i am running them while the tank cycles i...
I had a Predator tank at one time...but I found homes for those fish, and sold the tank and equipment on CL....this is going to be my reef...
The other one is due to come in on the 22nd so its just a little bit of a wait...I am only running the lights about 2.5hrsright now anyway :)
Here is a pic of the heart of the tank up and running....I'm not skimming yet so the skimmer is turned off. As you can see I have QUITE the Mangrove...
No...they would sell the test kits tho....if you dont have a locally owned reliable fish store, i would say go buy ur own API Test Kit from...
We have Ammonia, and nitrates...no nitrites yet tho...which i find odd...but..i'm no chemist...guess ill just keep testing till everything is 0 :)
I recommend gettin that blue fin damsel out too..they get meeeeean.
if u can fit 2, 10 gallon tanks under it...why cant 1, 20 Gallon fit?... the set-up in the pic, would work, however it leaves room for failure with...
100th Post I thought the 100th post on this thread should appropriately be the tank up and running...i only have half the lights on because I'm...
but are ideally submersable...especially if ur fuge is drilled for 1" bulkhead..
took this advice and switched out 2 of the blue plus for 2 purple plus...(well one and one is on order now)...what a difference!...thanks for the...
a molt shouldnt cause nitrites tho :-/.....u sure its a molt?...lol
Agreed...I missed that it was a test strip....those thing are worthless...they are almost as accurate as smelling the water to see what the levels...
you shouldnt have phosphates either...
Id do a WC...
u shouldnt have nitrites...and ideally shouldnt have nitrates either...did someone die?
Waiting sucks...lol I wish there was a way to cycle a tank over-night!! one week just about down tho!
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