Beengirl said:WOW!!! You did a great job cleaning all that algae off!! The tank looks fantastic!! Great job picking up a diversified CUC too!! The banded trochus are some real work horses! They move quick and their shells are pretty and add a bit of color- I like those. Ive heard great things about the turbos, not sure why your old ones would have died, but inverts can be sensitive to water conditions. Snails do die periodically, just gotta count them every once in a while so that you're not without a CUC. Thankfully they're cheap.
The conch really can move, can't they? They look like they'd be slow like snails, but they can take big steps!! Last night my conch made it across my 55g in about 1 min! Lol. Quick little bugger! I like to watch mine, he sticks his "tongue" (or whatever it is) way out to clean the sand- kinda cool. and those eyes are so weird!! Lol
And that algae blenny will help loads too. And he's cute too!! The urchin adds some color and interest too, besides being a help cleaning. It really does look like a new tank!! The chemipure should help cut down on phosphates and clear up water too. I know it was all a big expense and a lot of time cleaning, but I hope you think it's all worth it. Yeah, the chemipure replaces the carbon on your filter, should be changed about every 2-3 months or so. Great job!
Turbo Snails. I had four of them, but they all died. Any idea why?
Rosesrblu1 said:Very impressive!!!! I am really glad you are sticking with it, looks solo much better already. A little correction. The "DI" in RO/DI means deionized, not distilled. We bought our unit from simply h2o, but someone mentioned a unit on a thread for less than 100.
Looks like your on your way back and everything you added today will help. In regards to the turbo snails, they at from cooler waters and sensitive to water parameters. Sometimes they just expire. Keep on eye on them and count every few days.
Good luck and awaiting updates!!!!
JustinKBreen said:+1 on deionized, not distilled
Wow!! It's like a whole other tank! I can't help you with anything about your new CUC as I have no experience. I do know that the DI in RO/DI means distilled. When you test your levels test some of the RO water out of the jug for nitrates. The reason I was told not to use tap was because tap has nitrates and nitrates = algae. I get my water from the RODI refill station inside the grocery store for 39 cents a gallon.
nhart608 said:Be careful of the RO water from the grocery store machines (it's only RO not RO/DI). I had been running my tank at 0 nitrates for a number of months and all of a sudden, my nitrates read 40. Why? Tested the RO water from two different stores, one read 20, the other 40ppm on nitrates. If they don't maintain their machines well, the output is not going to be good. I have since bought and RO/DI unit.
nhart608 said:Be careful of the RO water from the grocery store machines (it's only RO not RO/DI). I had been running my tank at 0 nitrates for a number of months and all of a sudden, my nitrates read 40. Why? Tested the RO water from two different stores, one read 20, the other 40ppm on nitrates. If they don't maintain their machines well, the output is not going to be good. I have since bought and RO/DI unit.