Once again, the turbo snails have bulldozed my live rock. I'm getting rid of them very soon.I haven't had a chance to fix my rock, but here is a little video of how the tank is doing tonight.
http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w513/maynard_jordan33/275784AD-0254-45B3-853E-C5E560939122-7977-000008F521E82B43.mp4
I just gave them to my brother. It's nice to have someone to swap things with! Lol. I just took him the finger corals out of my nano because my lights weren't good enough and I didn't want them to die.My guess is they were just sleeping. Clowns are weird. Nitrates of 20 isn't lethal. Anything under 40 ppm for nitrates isn't lethal; only over 40 is dangerous. Of course, closer to zero is better. Better to err on the side of caution, though, when you're flipping out. Never hurts to do a pwc.
I always buy premixed saltwater from my local fish store. My brother has an RO filter system and that's where I get my water for top off, as top offs are done with fresh water. The water at the store has pumps and filters in it and it goes from there into my tank. I have a 55 gallon reef in the cycling stages. I used instant ocean Reef Crysals to mix that water. I mixed it in buckets before I put it in there. It's good to let the salt dissolve before putting it into the tank so you can ensure a proper salinity level, but I have nothing living in there so I mixed it in the tank. I do make sure the water is at least room temperature before adding it to the tank. I have a standard carbon filter in the HOB, which I'm wanting to switch to purigen. I've recently learned that the carbon will leech phosphates back into the tank. and my corals will finally have T5 lighting. I thought about keeping it, but my lights are so much better in my other tank that I can't stand to let my corals live under a T8 and some compact fluorescents anymore when I have a much better setup for them.
You should put a link to it here so anybody reading can jump over and continue to follow. Just my $.02
thanks.
