NYCITYDAVE Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 IT HAS BEEN 9 DAYS SINCE I BOUGHT MY TANK, I HAVE AN 18 GALLON TANK AND PUT ABOUT 17 LBS OF FIJI BRANCH IN IT. I ALSO HAVE TWO CHROMES. YESTERDAY I NOTICED A BROWN COLORING ON THE SAND. I AM VERY NEW TO THIS SO ANY ADVICE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 i would suggest leaving the chromes out of the cycling process. Link to comment
NYCITYDAVE Posted December 29, 2003 Author Share Posted December 29, 2003 WHY, DOES THE CHROMES AFFECT THE CYCLING PROCESS? Link to comment
Jeff D2 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Take the fish back to the LFS, good chance your about to kill em. Then read all these articles, some of them twice:) http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/ There is a ton of good up-to-date information there. Chances are the LFS said you needed the fish to cycle the tank, they are wrong! Your live rock will do it just fine. Jeff Link to comment
NYCITYDAVE Posted December 29, 2003 Author Share Posted December 29, 2003 YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY DID TELL ME THAT I NEEDED SOME TYPE OF FISH IN THEIR TO HELP OUT THE CYCLING. SHOULD I BE CHECKING THE WATER EVERYDAY? THEY TOLD ME TO GO BY ONCE A WEEK WITH A SAMPLE OF THE WATER TO GET IT CHECKED. IF I NEED TO BE CHECKING IT DAILY WHAT KIT SHOULD I BUY? Link to comment
caja Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Please turn off your caps lock. In the forums it is generally considered yelling. Buy yourself pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate test kits and a hydrometer. Deep six is a decent hydrometer. Link to comment
NYCITYDAVE Posted December 29, 2003 Author Share Posted December 29, 2003 Sorry about the caps. Just a habit. Anyways i will go buy today and purchase these. What type of thermometer is good to have in an 18 gallon tank? Link to comment
caja Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 thermometer? Just buy one of those sticky strip ones for $2 and stick it to the side panel of the tank. Or if you wanna get fancy buy one of the digital temp probes. Link to comment
Jeff D2 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 For your temp go to Radio Shack. For about $10 to $15 you can get a digital indoor outdoor unit. Remove the metal clip from the remote sensor (dont want any metal in your tank) and place the plastic sensor (just the sensor not the whole unit!) in your tank. Super easy to read the temp at any time, and cheap. Jeff Link to comment
NYCITYDAVE Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 I also have two crabs inside which the store told me i could put in. Should I take them out also. Link to comment
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