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I have a 48 gallon tank with 4 39 watt t5 fixtures and it's about 17 inches from water line to sAnd and about 3 to 5 inches from tops of live rock to water line what kinds of coral can I not get and what about anenomes I have to cycle my tank first but I am just asking in lighting sense

 

You can pretty much handle anything, it gets into a spot were if its 20 inchs or more to the sand then t5's be tough to reach, 4 t5's you can even get a clam. Lol for an anemone your going to have to wait literally a year before your tank becomes established. Truthfully I wouldnt even be thinking about coral right now at least for 4 months that way your system becomes established and you will have a better understanding with it and what you want.

Like many people say, disaster happens quickly in a saltwater tank!

 

my ph is at 7.8 7.9 is this normal right noe

 

sorry now

 

dont worry about ur ph, test every week and focus on your nitrites,nitrates,ammonia these are your main concerns. Your ph is goign to be all over the place since its cycling. How long has it been cycling for and what are your reading on those

 

add ph buffer.. you want it around 8.3 .. I dont think ph has much to do with cycling a tank. only add buffer if your below 8.0.. monitor it weekly.

 

wouldnt even add buffer, when it gets to that point find out why the ph keeps dropping, good chance its your alk. I would only dose as a last resort now.

 

my amonia nitrite and nitrate are all at 0 after a full week why is it taking so long

 

have a 48 gallon marine tank with a little over 30 pounds of live rock, 40 pounds of live sand the tank also has a blue green chromus i set up my tank last sundat it has been a week now and my amonia is sill at 0 why is this taking so long how can i speed it up i though it was only going to take 2 weeks and there is some drown is yellow algea growing on my rocks but there is very little what is going on with my tank the nitrite and nitrate ar at 0 as well and my ph is at 7.9

 

it just takes time. Do not add ph buffer. Your salt mix will buffer the water enough. Tons of things will come into play with ph like lighting and amount of oxygen in the room. Furthermore, I never test my ph because of the constant fluctuation. You just can't trust it to tell you anything. IF your alk and ca are up to par, your ph will be fine. There's more to operating a reef tank than just dumping chemicals in it.