Recent content by Deborah

I need some thoughts on the water perimeters. As of this morning they are, PH 8.0 Ammonia .50 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5.0 I have small dots of brown growing on the sand. My question is how do I have nitrates with no nitrites? We did get one piece of live rock Sunday. (all the other rock is dry from...

Ah thanks for the tip. Will have to check out comp fans sometime.

I just checked the temp and it is running at 78 almost 79. It was 77 this morning. Our tank came with the fan for the back. There should be a removable grill above the bio/charcoal/return tube area. The fan runs on it's own plug. If I remember correctly the fan is around nine dollars. Not sure...

Hi redsea. At this point the only time the tank was too warm was during the initial fill up and when I did not turn on the cooling fan in the back. I have been running the fan day and night and the tank does warm up one or two degrees during the day. The only catch is I am only running the...

Thanks Carey. I have pure ammonia but wasn't sure if it could be used in a saltwater setup.

Instead of the shrimp, could I use frozen bloodworms, flake food, or freeze dried tubifex worms? I have freshwater tanks, but this is the first saltwater adventure.

We have set up and started a RSM 130D 4 days ago. We are using dry rock and sand. The set up is stock and all running. We are using the red sea reef salt and nitro bac. Also purchased a RO system and using the RO water in the tank. My question is will the tank cycle as is or do I need to add...

No crash yet librarygirl. Just tested at 7.6 :)

That doesn't sound good. I don't expect a system to be totally quiet, but also don't want one that is too loud.

That is kind of the same thought we have. It appears to be a better maybe easier system, but also more $$

My husband and I are thinking about leaping into a saltwater system. Right now we are looking at a 29g BioCube or 34g RedSea 130d max system. Any thoughts on these two systems? Or any other possible good choices? We have kept freshwater for many years but have never made the jump to saltwater...

Day 7 Ammonia still around 3ppm N2 .50 N3 20ppm - I tested this one since the nitrites rose and found some nitrates. Do I need to do anything different at this point since the ammonia isn't dropping? Or since the nitrite is higher tonight everything is still on course? :blink:

Purple has been one of my favorite colors even when I was a kid! It is even prettier right now.

Thanks. I will check it again tomorrow. Purple rules....for now!

Day 5 and 6 Day 5 no change. Day 6 Ammonia approximately 3ppm. It isn't a 4 but not yellow enough to be a 2. Nitrite .25 it is purple! :) The temp and bubbles are the same. Do I need to raise the ammonia or let it be for now and check again tomorrow? I believe I read in the guide to raise...