14 gallon biocube fw to sw conversion

Reef Breeders · Jan 7, 2011

And Im not gonna add more fish til a few days after the sand due to shipping delays.

Reef Breeders · Jan 10, 2011

Alright sand is in, fish is out.

Reef Breeders · Jan 15, 2011

Ammonia is gone, but as for the next stage in the ammonia cycle, nitrates are about 150 ppm, and nitrites 40 ppm. It'll go down any day now(hopefully), buy I dont need to worry too much, because as to my knowledge, nitrites/trates have little effect on fish, but devastate corals/anemones, so for now the tank is fish only.

_Alex_ · Jan 15, 2011

nitrites and nitrates at high lvls can affect fish very much so!!

subielover · Jan 15, 2011

Reef Breeders · Jan 15, 2011

Yes, but what I meant was that they have less of an effect on fish than on corals, and that fish are sometimes known to survive with high nitrite/nitrate levels. This is also temporary, as the ammonia cycle starts up so that levels stay steady at 0.

_Alex_ · Jan 15, 2011

Adding fish during a cycle will just make the cycle take longer they add more ammonia to the system.

anemonekeeper said:
Yes, but what I meant was that they have less of an effect on fish than on corals, and that fish are sometimes known to survive with high nitrite/nitrate levels. This is also temporary, as the ammonia cycle starts up so that levels stay steady at 0.

Reef Breeders · Jan 20, 2011

Ok, cycle is improving, pH 8.2, kh: really high(too high to read, but I do know that high levels of a buffer can be good, but it depends) nitrites: 1 ppm, nitrates:15 ppm, ammonia:0ppm

_Alex_ · Jan 20, 2011

How are high levels of a buffer good? If dkh is that high than wow stop adding buffer.

Reef Breeders · Jan 21, 2011

I dont keep adding buffer, I add about a teaspoon per ten gallons as directed then add more every three water changes. I never realized it was so high until a few days a go when I got a test kit for it. High levels of buffer can be good because they resist changes in pH, but I did not od on the buffer on purpose.

Reef Breeders · Jan 28, 2011

Okay, there is now a full cycle, the params are good. Idk for how long, bc I havent tested for a while until today.

Seasonedreefer · Jan 28, 2011

Just let it keep doing it's thing I wouldn't go adding a bunch of stuff right away patience is the key. On a side note im diggin the hawk.

Reef Breeders · Jan 28, 2011

Im not adding anything else until I get some lr, but I added my breeding pair of f percs a couple weeks ago when I deemed the params acceptable (nitrite 1, nitrate,10 amn, 0 etc.) And lol thanks, just wish my dog didnt like him so much. I have to lock my door or he sneaks in and I get a tank covered in dog drool.

Reef Breeders · Jan 29, 2011

And on a side note, Im getting a sump and refugium with two overflows today, I will keep you guys posted.

RTMA · Feb 16, 2011

nice setup there, will be cool to see how it matures. A few pieces of good quality LR will help. Nice hawk, just gave my longnose away, as he was getting too big for my tank.

Reef Breeders · Feb 16, 2011

Here it is now, I added a rock:

And my fm clown gets mad whenever I come near the tank, she should be breeding very soon.

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

You probably want to have at least 18-25 lbs of live rock in there, but if you add more you would want to do it one piece at a time.

Reef Breeders · Feb 17, 2011

That piece was in my 45 for six months before I moved it there, and 18-25 pounds of lr in about 10 gallons of water is a little bit over what a tank with two fish needs, but I mighy get 15 lbs of nanno size dry rock.