dingusplease
Aquarium Advice Addict
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2013
- Messages
- 1,364
Cool man I'll be interested to know how it goes.
Cool man I'll be interested to know how it goes.
I'll be following!
Quick update: added a slightly bigger power head in back, added a $0 background , will be doing water tests as soon as I get my test kits tomorrow. From what I know, the cycle should be a little quicker than average because all my LR and sand are from established tanks. Btw, do you think I should move the LR back a bit so there's more space in front? Just a thought. Thanks for looking!
P.s. I'll be adding a cuc soon, along with some zoas and xenia. Stay tuned!
If you dont know this add CUC. After youve finished cycling, along with coral, they will die with parameters high like they are during the cycle.
Sorry, I don't understand... are you suggesting adding the cuc now? Or are you saying I should wait until the cycle's done? (I was planning on waiting, but if you have a suggestion I'm happy to hear it!)
@Fishman007 Yah that's what I thought thanks
Btw, I took my water to the LFS and they tested it.
7.8 - ph (I have a reef buffer that I'm prob going to add soon.)
0 - ammonia
0.25 - nitrites
10 - nitrates
1.023 salinity
13 dkh - alkalinity
420 - calcium
Anyway looks like the cycle is moving along quickly! Got my test kit tonight so I'll be posting test results every few days.
I'm using instant ocean reef crystals and Caribsea live sand (aragonite)
Oh, have you tested the Ph on the water before it goes in the tank?
Nice tank. I'd love to set up a tank like that some day.
Yeah, I tested it and it was 8.0. I know it's a little low, but the only thing I had (and still have) is LR in here and some hitch hikers.
Btw, just realized it probably sounds like I am going to use a buffer to raise alk. I have some sea chem reef buffer that is supposed to raise ph to 8.3 (a friend verified that it works.) I'm only planning on using it to raise ph. Do you mean that the salt mix itself should actually raise the ph?
That's pretty weird... at least I know I have the right salt then. Dunno why the ph would be so low, especially since the sg is perfect so there should by the right amount of salt. Still think the buffer might help raise ph before I add any livestock?