My reef tank(just starting)

thanx for the suggestion craig, i am intending to put more rock when i have some more money. i right now have 30lb of it and intend to have at least 55lb or so. it is more dificult than i thought to set up rock the way u whant.karma heading ure way craig.
JOE

 

One of the problems of adding rock slowly, is every time you add more rock you will get a mini cycle, delaying the introduction of critters. But I understand LR isn't cheap.
I found, when it first started out, that the best way to interact with the tank with out buying fish is to test your levels of Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate. You can do this as often as you want. the benefit of performing these test instead of just waiting is you can actually see the cycle take place. The Ammonia will spike and then start to drop. While the ammonia is dropping the Nitrates will spike and then drop. I graphed it and plotted it and did everything to the numbers. It's fun

J

 

i just got my water tested,
Ph 8.0-8.2
Nitrate was fine
Amonia 0
Salinity 1.025

thanx for the previews jakets

 

Everything looks good.

If your temp is around 80 degrees you will effectively have a Salinity of 36 ppt which is what is found in most natural reefs.

What are your nitites reading? Your ammonia has to go up for there to be a cycle. Try the shrimp tied up in the toe of a nylon stocking to minimize the detritous!

 

great, i dont really wut my nitrates are cause my lfs did the water test and she told me it was fine. i was wondering, in the movie finding nemo, nemos fin is like damaged, in real life scenerio, if that was to happen by a powerhead or like it getting stuck on rock, wouldnt it like grow bak? Couldnt u like medicate it? my lil bros made watch da movie like one thousand times today.

 

Fins will repair themseves rather quickly as long as the cause for the tearing is eliminated.

 

LOL thanx for da replie

 

[quote author=Craig_Manoukian link=board=General;num=1073005589;start=15#15 date=01/02/04 at 20:53:31]Fins will repair themseves rather quickly as long as the cause  for the tearing is eliminated.[/quote]

Thats like saying marine fish do well in water so long as it is saltwater, LOL

I know what you mean Craig....

 

lol
Guys i have a freind (witch i invited to joing 3reef) that has this really nice 60 gal and he hooked it up with a sump and pump.

 

heres da sump