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  1. captbill

    captbill Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Lol just kidding.. we do have saltwater crabs,15 to be exact and 10 snails to help with the algae that seems to coming our way, darn... but with the research I've been doing it is normal. Anyway just wanted to show a few pics of the rock and sand i was talking about for 150.00 and in the process i got an 8 watt uv filter with pump for 50.00 and the lfs only had a few skimmers and ended up with the new marineland pro. Still dealing with bubbles in tank from skimmer, but wraped the pump in sump with a filter like media and no more bubbles. According to marineland the bubbles will go away after break-in-period 5 days. So hopefully then no more bubbles. We also put in one joralia 1200 gph turbo pump in for flow. Been running tank now for 6 weeks with nothing and put rocks in a week ago. Any way tell me what u think? And any input would be nice.
     

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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I like the aquascape. Welcome to 3reef! If I were you, I'd remove the rock(s) with the algae all over and cook them in the sun. Being that your tank is new, now is the best time to deal with it. Looks to me that removing the rock(s) would be the easiest most effective way to get rid of it.
     
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  3. scenario1313

    scenario1313 Tassled File Fish

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    Welcome to 3reef. :wave: Glad to have ya.
     
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  4. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    welcome, I agree, remove that rock before you add any live stock, it will just cause you problems later on, also make sure the algae hasn't spread.
     
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  5. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    welcome umm cheese
     
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  6. dimweb

    dimweb 3reef Sponsor

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    Welcome I'll be up in your neck of the woods tomorrow, door county oh what fun well the wife likes it.
     
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  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    I love cheese! LOL welcome to 3reef! :wave: I guess you haven't met Nano yet? he's from cheeseland too.........NANO where are you buddy?????
    I just spent 8 days total in Middleton WI working at Epic in Verona. Very pretty state y'all live in....just cold!;) Glad to have ya here on 3reef! looking good so far!
     
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  8. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I agree with this lunatic....lol I also would not have any lights on during your cycle period, you dont need it. BTW, welcome to 3reef. Thanks for the pics. Luna
     
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  9. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Welcome to 3reef!!!! BTW, Nano's back. Got a VM this morning. Alive and well despite the alien abduction and subsequent (and inevitable) testing.
     
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  10. captbill

    captbill Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    wow thanks for the reply's this is a great site! But I thought that live rock was a good thing? And ...You are saying to take it out? I don't get it.
     
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