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I dunno how the chemi pure and purigen pulled your nitrates down so fast... Ive had my tank up and running for about 5 weeks. Added shrimp 4 weeks ago had two mini cycles and my nitrates were super high , did a 40% water change brought them down some , but still around 60 -80 and I added chemi...

Mine is working well, using it right now actually :) Even have it set up in our bath tub in case of any leak mishaps :)

I know and I finished reading my saltwater for dummies book today lol and ive already read the 101 best inverts and 101 best fishes books too hahhaah Now I started to re write my aquarium log so I have everything together so that will take me a little while , I guess then Ill just have to read...

weeeehooo :) Making water now to do the 50% change :) I think I will do another 25% on the weekend and then let it sit again for a week or so and make sure those levels stay steady... then maybe... maybe get that pair of clowns :) yayyyyyyyyyy only a few more weeks Having the cycle over makes...

Well I believe the time has come that my tank has cycled .... Its been 9 days since I put the 2 pieces of raw shrimp in and I believe my levels are correct for the water change. today's parameters SG 1.024 temp 79.3 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrates 80+ phosphate .5 ( was 2.0 before I put a...

I was thinking yellow clown goby, would a watchman be better ?

Ohh yes and possible rough draft fish list Green chromis (how many ? maybe 3 ??) pair of clowns goby of some sort (maybe yellow) pajama cardinal Im not for sure, just throwing an idea out there

Yeah it goes clear from top to bottom, but its all in kinda a row. I pushed it more twords the back so there was more open room in the front so when I do get fish I will be able to see them more. Well IDK but I would think since I'm putting 2 media in one compartment maybe I should keep them...

Yup, thats what it said like 4.5 gallons. I feel like I have too much rock in my tank though compared to some ppl. Its like 60 lbs but it just looks like so much. I guess it will hopefully be better for filtration. Tomorrow I am redoing the canister filter again lol (taking back out the rock...

Its the medium one , thats all I could fit, so 19" Wide by 12"High by 4"Deep I put about a 3" sand bed in. By CPR

Thank you, That is actually called an acorn barnacle... you can buy them at reefcleaners for very little (not really rock) ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Food/Dry :thumb: I did get the HOB refugium up tonight :) nothin in it besides sand and little rock rubble and a chemi...

Some new pictures of the tank after I moved the rocks again. (off my phone, sorry about the poor quality)

My ammonia is already going down even though its decompossing , not sure if that has something to do with using 20 gallons of the old tank water and old filter and rocks maybe... im assuming that there was quite a bit of good bacteria in the tank already so its spreading fast there fore making...

I added two fairly good size pieces , not sure if thats too much?

So today I have the rusty /yellow/gold/ brown looking algae I believe to be diatoms. My ammonia levels are between 0- .25 Nitrites are rising now .5 Nitrates are still super high at 80+ Do I ever take the rotting shrimp out ? or just leave it in to decompose?

Ohhh and I do have lots of cool little feathery looking tiny tubes all over my rocks and glass since I put the grunge in. My husband and I are noticing more and more each day. Also since we have decided to stick with the canister filter and the HOB refugium we replaced all the media in the...

well the spike from the grunge never went higher than 1.0 it dropped to 0 the next day without creating nitrites at all. So on top of that I did put the shrimp in on Saturday evening. I checked ammonia levels yesterday it was still 0 Today I did a full set of parameters Temp is 78.9 SG...

No it didn't what is says is to put the bag in the tank and cut it and pour it in, in big letters it says Do Not Mix the Grunge In With Your Already Existing Sand Bed. and then in another paragragh it again says not to mix in with the sand for the sand will become toxic . I obviously did not...

HI again :) hahah well a lot has changed in the 2 days :) My Marko rock came and I rinsed that and put that in , and then I decided I didnt mind the pumps I hated so much and they are pretty well hidden by the rock . So I changed my mind again and decided to go with the HOB refugium instead of...

and these mag pumps are those the danner mag drive pumps ?

MY skimmer goes 500 gph and is rated up to 125 gallons , I guess it doesn't matter to me if it goes fast or slow so long as my tank is benefiting and its not overflowing lol I can't fit anything larger than the 24 by 9 by 15 that's all the room I have. I will have a skimmer, a fuge and return...

Happy Easter BTW !! (if you celebrate it )

Would I be better suited to step it up to the rio 3100 that puts out 690 gph... or would that be too much. hahah I dont know which way is better to go a bit higher or lower? Are rio pumps even any good lol

OK another sump question ... all I need is a line coming down from my overflow and a line going up from the powerhead for return .. is that correct ? all these plumbing diagrams I see are making it so confusing. Im hoping all that is necessary is 2 lines... I did find a 600 gph overflow box I...

So would that become a problem with that 15 gallon sump tank since they recommended going 250-300 gph ? will it bust the seams or anything ? and instead of two if I do that could I just go with a larger one ?