tk3445 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hey all I ordered about 15lb of rock from reefcleaners and added about 12lbs of that with about 5lbs of the 10lbs from the NC (got rid of the real crap looking stuff). I made the move 1/8/15 from the NC12 to the 20L I am starting to get some brown on my rocks and when i hit it with my pipette it blows right off and the snails are loving it mowing right thru it. I am also getting some growth on the glass but soft and wipes off with mag cleaners. just curious if i should add a few extra snails/hermits or just keep doing water changes? I have been doing 2 gallon changes a day to lower the Nitrates and keep them lower. Bioload: 2 - clowns(1.5inches each) 1 - 6 line Wrasse (1inch) 3 peppermint shrimp 1-3 florida Cerith snails 8-10 sprial top snails 8 scarlet reef hermits 5-8 nassarius snails. Corals 3-4 small zoa frags(less than 40 polyps total.) kenya tree frag frogspawn frag 8 stalks of xenia Friday 1.027 ammonia - 0 nitrate - 20ppm cal 450ppm Saturday 1.026 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite(not testing) Nitrates - 10ppm Cal - 480ppm Sunday 1.026 A - 0 Nirates - 5ppm Cal - 500ppm Current water Conditions(monday night tuesday morning) 1.026 Ammonia - 0 Nitrates - 5ppm Cal - 500ppm Link to comment
seabass Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 With ammonia being undetectable, it's fine. The brown stuff on the rock is likely diatoms. I wouldn't add anything else for a few weeks as your tank's bio-filter has been reduced to 5 lbs of rock. The dry rock will become live over time and support a larger bio-load. Link to comment
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