TimeOrMoney Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 minute ago, filefishfinatic said: bury your rock in the sand and make a dutch garden of sympodium, gsp, blue polyp, encrusting leathers and things and get some crinoids to look like windmills MAYBE! Great idea. I have this vision of grassy fields and forest (gsp and Euphy). Quote Link to comment
filefishfinatic Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 forgot euphillia. but bury the rock or like put mesh over it to make a contiguious mat for the coral to grow in on Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 37 minutes ago, filefishfinatic said: forgot euphillia. but bury the rock or like put mesh over it to make a contiguious mat for the coral to grow in on Oh I see. Cool thanks. Will look that up. Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 3 days after dosing ammonium chloride, the ammo is dropping and is aaaaalmost at zero. Tomorrow I expect it will be at 0 and I also expect Nitrates to be pretty high. 🤞 One thing I did notice was that there was a light dusting of diatoms, or what I think were diatoms, and the ammo chloride cleared all of them. The rocks are spotless again and the sand is extremely clean... Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 I cant tell if ammo is drad 0, but the Nitrates are going nuts! I feel like it's still reading ammo. Not sure about a water change yet ?? Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Personally I wouldn't do a WC just yet. The tank has only been wet 12 days. I might take a water sample to the LFS if there is one close to home, just to compare. Quote Link to comment
filefishfinatic Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 add bottle bac then next day get a hardy pilot fish and pilot coral to start the tank. cycling isnt really that important ime. i got a fish and a coral and cuc on day 1. i know many people who have had it work sucsessfully for. cycling just means having a colony of bacteria and a bottle bac bottle does that. 2 Quote Link to comment
PeterU Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Obviously it's way too early to add any livestock. Give it time to finish cycling. You need to have your ammonia and nitrites down to 0. 0.5 is way too high and would be equivalent to torturing fish. Quote Link to comment
filefishfinatic Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 api is innacurate though, it reads higher then actual ammonia when i tried it Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Houston, we are cleared for liftoff! Lol.. Is that how the saying goes? Water change imminent! 3 Quote Link to comment
filefishfinatic Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 go to your lfs and get yer fish 1 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, filefishfinatic said: go to your lfs and get yer fish I want to add a shrimp goby first, then a shrimp for them to pair. Do want a torch coral or like 4...lol Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, TimeOrMoney said: Do want a torch coral or like 4...lol Maybe go for a cheap coral (zoanthus?) at the start to see if your tank is corals ready 😉. I started mine with a pink seriatopora hystrix and a bonus zoanthus (was on one of my now-dead feather dusters). Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Just now, M. Tournesol said: Maybe go for a cheap coral (zoanthus?) at the start to see if your tank is corals ready 😉. I started mine with a pink seriatopora hystrix and a bonus zoanthus (was on one of my now-dead feather dusters). I wooooould do that, but I have strict rules for this tank. Euphy and GSP, shrimp/goby, and 2 firefish. And that's it. I have a vision. 2 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Yes I went to Petco. No I'm not ashamed, lol... 2 Firefish and an Emerald Crab. Easy, yet beautiful. This tank shall be simple, I swear it! 1 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Bill the Brave is still alive after all that cycling. And he even grew! 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TimeOrMoney said: Yes I went to Petco. No I'm not ashamed, lol... 2 Firefish and an Emerald Crab. Easy, yet beautiful. This tank shall be simple, I swear it! I know of at least one good reefer in this forum that works at a Petco. Some Petcos are well staffed with people that take care of the tanks. Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, banasophia said: I know of at least one good reefer in this forum that works at a Petco. Some Petcos are well staffed with people that take care of the tanks. The one here is super clean. Better than both the LFSs... And almost better stocked with fish and CuC. 1 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 'So like, where can a fish get a bite to eat around these parts?' 2 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Feedin time..aaand time to clean the glass... These two have really been inseparable so far. And they both have a ravenous appetite. 2 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 They go in and out of this rock together, sleep together, pretty sure they have conversations in there...plotting their next move... 1 2 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 46 minutes ago, TimeOrMoney said: pretty sure they have conversations in there...plotting their next move... A good indication to never forget to put back your lid on . 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 How are your parameters three days after introducing your fishes ? Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, M. Tournesol said: How are your parameters three days after introducing your fishes ? Ive only tested Nitrates. They were below 5 yesterday. I plan to add a CuC on Tuesday. Gonna do a WC this evening. Everything else is nominal. 1 Quote Link to comment
TimeOrMoney Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 5g WC and full testing. Ph is LOW... Opened the windows and will test later. Ammo, Trate and Trite all excellent. Nitrates are hard to see in this low light but appear to be close to 0. Fish are eating and pretty happy, although they still do not like it when the light comes on. Probably just used to natural low-k fluorescents at Petco. It appears that filter floss will need to be changed weekly. It was pretty dark after 5 days. CuC will be added in a few days. All in all, goin good! 1 Quote Link to comment
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