Recent content by adrian_0775

all fish where added during the two months and the tank was cycled for a month pryor. using 6 large tiger shrimp from the local market. no strips used

180 gal two months old temp 77-79.7 ph 8-8.2 amonia 0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 sg 1.022

well my fish all died, i started with with clowdiness around the eyes and fins then the body one by one some loked like ick. i tried this organic treatment by Kordon ich-attack but they died anyways. now im down to a yellow tang wich looks like he got better and a blue spoted nasso who looks...

here are some pictures of some items growing in my tank I think one of them is posibly apistasia. and my first fish in the tank. i also added some assorted sanails and some hermits. planing on getting some horshoes, emerald, and some cucumbers for the sand.

I'm currently cycling my tank week 3. and was wondering what should my light cycle be set for? there are 3 different light the MH, the blue ones and the moon lights. im currently running them short to keep algea down. MH from 0830 to 1930 the blue ones come on at 1930-2200 and 0600-0830 moon...

Im getting alot ot particles in the tank some dust build up on the top of the tank, im thinking it might be the powerheads stiring up some sand. how should. place them I realy dont know how much current i need in the tank there is nothing in the tank at this time just live sand live rocks and...

same here. I did the same mistakes and I waited 3 days for my tank to clear its a 180 gallon and i added 200 lbs of live sand and boy was i mad. u can turn everyting off the dust will get all in the impellers make sure you take out he powerheads and rinse them out I'm at the end of week 2 and...

well tank is cycling fine (tp left pic 6 days ago). I added some shrimp (2 days ago top right pic) to build up some ammonia. I got a lot of brown algea in the past 3 days as you can see (btm right pic).now Im looking into getting some help from a clean up crew and was wondering what I should...

thanks for the advice as you can see in the new pic its covering more of my rocks. any other guidance for the rest of my questions? thanks again

need some help any takers? I have been running my tank now for a litle over a week. im running the lights like i would normaly. im starting to see some brown algea growing on the rocks and on the sand. is this good or bad? should i continue to run the lights? i still dont know wich algea is...

Thanks, all for the advice the tank is clearing up nicely, still having isues with the Skimmer collection cup keeps filling up with water can't minnimize the flow up to the cup to collect just the foam. will keep messing with it i guess for now i will take some sugestions on a good skimmer big...

got some BIO-Spira live nitrifying bacteria to prevent new tank syndrome and speed up the establishing process. when should i add it tank is still clowdy.