ninhsavestheday Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 i have a few questions: 1)im planning on getting water from the scripp birch for my nano. i heard somewhere that live saltwater dies after a period of time. how long can i store the live saltwater (for weekly water changes)? 2)im also planning on building a refuge for my tank. i saw some refuges have lights. is that necessary? THANKS!!! Link to comment
mattie Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 the fuge needs light if you are try to grow macro which will absorb the nitrates and help prevent algae bloom in the main tank also the light can help maintain PH in the tank buy running 24/7 photo period i don't know about live SW Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted October 26, 2003 Author Share Posted October 26, 2003 oh, thanks for the reply =). so how many watts does the marco needs? Link to comment
mattie Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 not much I am using a standard 20w with lots of growth Link to comment
Infiniti Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 first off, how big is your tank? i have a 10g and the easiest way to do water is to buy a gallon of distilled water from grocery store. have a 5 gallon or some sort of bucket handy. on the day u want to do WC, pure the water into bucket, add your salt and use a pump to circulate the water. give it a couple hours to dissolve the salt, check to make sure it's in range of S.G. then make your WC. that way your water will always be fresh. i used to buy it from the pet store and store it, but it would go bad within a wk. Link to comment
caja Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Infiniti, I'm wondering how your water went bad within a week. I purchase 5 gallons per month for two 7-7.5 gallon tanks and when it's time for a WC I simply give the jug a good shake and pour off the required amount and toss in a PH for a few hours to remix. Never have had a problem with my premixed SW going "bad". Link to comment
Infiniti Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 when i first started my tank, i bought some water (DI) from a lfs. water parameters were fine. i didn't use it all and kept some for future water changes. after 2 wks i decided to check the stored water and some traces of ammonia and trites were detected. i dumped it and bought more from another lfs. they sold me bad water. ever since then, i buy distilled and freshly make it when i need to do wc. btw... these were plain DI water. Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted October 27, 2003 Author Share Posted October 27, 2003 ive descided to go with salt mix. instead of fresh saltwater since i have a 7 gallon. but do you guys think 5 watts enough for macros? thanks for the feed back guys! Link to comment
Infiniti Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Originally posted by ninhsavestheday ive descided to go with salt mix. instead of fresh saltwater since i have a 7 gallon. but do you guys think 5 watts enough for macros? thanks for the feed back guys! i was referring to freshly mixed salt water. not fresh saltwater from the sea. and 5w i dont think will be enough. Link to comment
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