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01-25-2007, 10:47 PM
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 Tank Looks Great After 2 Weeks? I Have A New Salt 125 Gal Tank Added Sand And Lr Have Wet/dri Set Up And Will Have Ps Before Weekend Is Out. Add Kick As* Current Supper Whammy Light (does Everything But Make Coffee) Waiting For Tank To Cycle Before Adding 1 Fish. I've Been Readying For Days Now Alot Of Opinions Out There From Adding Fish Now To Killing Goldfish. I Don't Want To Kill Anything. I'm Going To Do A 15gal Water Change This Weekend. Have Water (ro) And Salt Going In Circles As We Speak, For A 24hr Period. Will Drain And Replenish. I'm Going To Add Another Water Inlrt To Top Of Tank Too I Guess I Will Be Busy This Weekend. Snowing Here Anyways Water Temp Is 81-85 When Mh Light Are On. This Concerns Me Too. Do We Have Any Reefers In Pa In Forum? So Why Don't I Ave Some Kind Of Alge By Know?  |
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01-26-2007, 12:42 AM
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| Your tank will have to cycle before you really start seeing algae growth. Coralline algae takes a long time to see. Diatom, not so much. To jumpstart your cycle, I recommend adding a raw, cleaned shrimp to your tank (from the grocery store). This is probably the most humane yet effective technique. It does look like you have your work cut out for you this weekend. Do you have plans for chilling your tank or adding a fan across the water? You really want a stable temp at all times. Good luck with all of it! |
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01-27-2007, 09:10 AM
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| 20gal Water Change Last Night Shrimp Idea Is Great Save A Fish 30% Off On Tuesdays At Thatfishplace In Lancaster Pa Drivable For Me ,see You There CHILLER AND POSSIBLE A UV LIGHT |
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01-28-2007, 06:08 PM
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| new tank dont do water change till tank has cycled, doing the water change will make it take alot longer, please list all equipment you have and are using and what all you would like to have in the tank |
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01-29-2007, 08:05 PM
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| I Have About 200lbs Of Fuji And Soloman Live Rock 2 Water Dischares 120 Gal Over Flow Skimmer Going To Wet Dry System Asm G-3 Protein Skimmer (modified) And 1 Dead (from Store) Shrimp Lighting Is Current With Lunar And Metal H And Led Just Watching Rocks Grow At This Point Had Water Checked By 2 Different Places Both Have Same Results They Said Be Patient It's Cycling So Once I Have All This Alge I'm Suppose To By "cleaner Crew Right? OH YEA TOMMORROW I WILL GET COOLER TOO |
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01-29-2007, 09:14 PM
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| Temp In Tank 81 Ph 8.2 Alk 2.9-3.6 Sal 1.025 Why Is Alk So High, Should I Be Adding Anything? We Are Useing Ro Water To Top Off Which We Are Using 2-3 Gals A Day |
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