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i have a new 75 gallon tank, I added 90lbs of LR to start the curring process. My pH level was approx. 7.8. My test kit instructions say pH levels will be low for a new tank, but my questions are how long will it be low and will i need to add any kind of buffer or will it rise on its own.

The activated carbon should help with the smell. Just remember eventually you'll want to take it out, so you could just try running a HOB with activated carbon if you have one. Just run it until you can tell its helping with the smell. Then you can try running it less and less, like a few times...

well i had salt in the water and a mixture of sand and cc (mostly CC) in for the substrate, it settled and i had a hob running just for current. The sand settled and the water was clear when i added my phs. They kicked up the sand again. Its now been a day or two and its cleared up a little. I...

i agree with cj about the maxi-jets. i just got three 1200s new off of ebay for a little over 60$ they're around 35-40$ each at my LFS :D

okay well thank you for the advice and i'll just have put the LR in, cycle the tank and what not then re-arrange the LR after the water clears up. :|

i have a 75 gal and have the sand and mixed water in it. After setting just the water and sand up it got extremely cloudy and i knew this would happen and that it would settle, and it did. So after it had settled and the water was nice and clear i recieved my power heads, 3 maxi-jet 1200's. So i...

I put in my substrate and then put in my water, i had 65 gallons to use but ive only used 55 gallons so far and the tank is a couple inches from being full so i opted to save the water until after i put in the LR, since the LR will make the water level rise. I might have to use more water but...

I am planning on getting live rock for my newly purchased 75 gallon tank and the prices at the lfs for live rock are extremely expensive, arround 10$/lbs for curred and 6$/lbs for un-curred. I know a general rule of thumb for live rock is around 1-2lbs per gallon. Does that mean per gallon of...

awesome thank you for the help this forum is really awesome, great help thats also quick, you cant beat that. im glad i joined :)

i have a 75 gallon tank and im hoping to have a few fish, live rock/sand and eventually have a few corals. Im some what of a perfectionist and was wondering if someone could tell where i could find a relatively detailed step by step guide of what all i will need and of how to set up the tank or...

Awesome, thank you for the great reply :)

im planning on getting a 75 gallon SW tank for christmas and was told by the lfs that if we do a live rock tank or reef tank we cant have very many fish, i knew this was true with the reef tank but does having life rock severely decrease the ammount of fish i can have? and about how much...