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I have in my tank some weird living organisms that I thought were specks of coraline algae starting to grow on the glass, but it falls off easy with...
The bulb is a boyu 14k, I was told the bulb was 2 weeks old when I bought the unit, but very unlikely I know, I will try moving them up to mid tank,...
Not really, I have not noticed any bleaching, why woyld they stretch as if they need more light if they was getting to much, im hoping they attach to...
My zoas have been opening up every day since i put them in 2/3 weeks ago, but lately seem to be stretching for the sky, i know some suggest light but...
Awesome, just hope I can keep it there or just under
No, running nothing but skimmer!
I was just a bit concerned as i do have some softies in there gsp and zoas, and thought these were grateful for a bit of nitrate
My tank has finally cycled after 5 weeks, and yesterday i did my 1st water change with ro/di water, 25litres and instant ocean reef salt, it went...
I bought 26kilo of live rock from a guy that was breaking down his tank, it was covered in that stuff, but i had no choice other then to leave the...
Its been 5 weeks, today i did my 1st water change, 25 litres, my cuc seems to have sprung to life, awesome
I think if you leave it for a month or so, eventually the ich will just die out because without a fish (host) to infect the ich cannot survive.
Sorry oldfishkeeper I missed your post, no prime or other but I take it this will help control an ammonia spike, I will go to my lfs and see what...
Tank is a 55 gallon 2ft cube with sump, reactor was a bubble magus 100, the chromis is barely a inch in size and was added to aid in the cycle, the...
After reading up some more on raising nitrite lvls after they dropped to 0, I must mention I did disturb the sandbed, I repositioned a powerhead for...
I was just thinking the skimmer may remove the nutrients that ate neccessary for the tank to complete its cycle
Ok, thanks, Will put off a water change too untill nitrite reads 0, is it still advisable to run my skimmer and sock or remove?
I added 20 kilo of dead rock it was live but I bought of ebay and it had been sitting in buckets for a week, I cleaned it up and scrubbed it before...
Me too, just setup 2ft cube with sump, had canister a few years back, I missed the hobby hence the return, sump is the way to go I believe
This is the 5th week my tanks been set up, 2 weeks ago parameters had reduced to 0 lvls apart from nitrates at 10ppm, I have a small chromis and a...
Thanks scuba ken, how about reducing them to 6 hours a day, I have gsp and zoas in the tank, where in the uk are you, im near birmingham, I change...
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