qwiksilver711 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 grr, ammonia still at 0 nitrites at 0... shouldnt I have seen somethin by now? Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 have you gotten your diatoms yet? if not you need to wait longer. Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 have you gotten your diatoms yet? if not you need to wait longer. ok, i just didnt know how long i had to wait before i saw somethin, ill wait awhile longer. I was just scared i messed up Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Once you get an algae or diatom bloom youll be good to add some CUC Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 hows it going? just got back from a 1700 mile road trip, where I didnt sleep since friday when i got up for work. But there is some hairlike algae growing everywhere. but the hairs are all very short. Ill get a pick in a few hours but as I have been running on no sleep in the last 60 hours or so, and have been driving almost all of of that, I need some sleep before I usie camera. nite nite nano friens. I'll be back in a couple hours Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 ok ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 SG 1.026 PH 8.0 temp 79 what do I do now? wait awhile more? my tank is becoming covered in that hair algae looking stuff you can see it on the rocks in the pic. Should I maybe do a water change? Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 CUC!!! get a few hermits, snails, and sandsifters like nassasaurus snails. Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 CUC!!! get a few hermits, snails, and sandsifters like nassasaurus snails. ok, i'll have to do that this week sometime, would it be bad if I were to wait till friday to get a cuc? I could get a few tuesday, but it would be till friday till I could get the rest. Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 it will be fine, just algae will grow more Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 it will be fine, just algae will grow more ok, theres not a ton in there rite now, so i'll let it grow a bit so the CUC doesnt starve Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 trust me, they wont starve. there will always be algae growing in tanks, just wait for diatom blooms Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 i'm going to go to my LFS and get a clean up crew on sunday! how long do I let them work before I can add a firefish? Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 id wait a week or 2 Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 id wait a week or 2 ok cool, should I add a coral or a fish first? Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 whatever you want to add first. how long has the tank been cycling again? Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 i added coral first, they are more hardy imo. but firefish are very hardy too. one of mine has surrived 3 cases of ich, and i did nothing about it cuz back then i was an irresponsible jerk who didnt care about his tank. but i have changed Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 its been cyclin for 20 days now. Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 yeah, id wait a week or 2 Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 yeah, id wait a week or 2 cool, I'll add a cuc this week and then find some more patience somewhere lol. I have hair algae completley taking ofver my tank... holy cow, as I write i'm watchin my live rock bubble... whats up with that? Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 bubble algae maybe? Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 bubble algae maybe? i was speaking of like air bubbles.... this might be bubble algae, let me know what you think, its in the center rock in the pic, on the right side of the rock. this is a current FTS Link to comment
marinebiologist Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I don't know. Man I wish my rockwork looked like yours. Do you think I should rescape mine? Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 I don't know. Man I wish my rockwork looked like yours. Do you think I should rescape mine? rescaping could cause a mini cycle. your rockwork is pretty awesome ya know! i worry about mine, cuz its basically got only 2 levels, the top of the rock, and the sandbed. so i worry about how many corals I can keep Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 got a small clean up crew today, 5 hermits, and 2 astrea snails, and 2 nass snails, and a piece of purple coraline algae... pics later Link to comment
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