want to put more sand and live rocks

Av8Bluewater · Mar 28, 2010

phongt86 said: ↑

my tank has been running close to two months add a few fishes which ended up dieing and only two has survive blue green chromie (two weeks in the tank) and 3 striped damselfish
you guys are more then helpful thanks for all the info

the freshwater no added salt to keep the SG balence needs a power head in it at all times

i have a 75 gallon tank going to buy a auto top off switch asap (should i put it in the sump or tank it self?) Sump would probably be better. You don't want ugly lines going into the display but it won't hurt anything.

so doing water changes every week will also help coralline growth? no need for additives (but why not)?

for the ro/di system all i need is a auto shut off (all ready have) and a float valve correct? to make the water stop
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Coralline algae will not grow any faster with the additives like purple-up. Just keep the normal calcium, alk, magnesium up and all will be good. Purple up is a marketing gimmick that preys on new reefers. If you're referring to "additives" as calcium, alk, magnesium and maybe trace elements you probably won't need those for a while. They'll remain fairly stable with water changes if you don't have a sizable coral load that soaks up these elements.

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