Matthew Claiborne Karic:
The guy I bought the tank from also gave me a bunch of rock, some of which I think used to be live rock but it has been sitting dry for a long time. I have the all soaking in vinegar water since last night, can I use these as base and cure them to grow and be live rock?
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
The guy I bought the tank from also gave me a bunch of rock, some of which I think used to be live rock but it has been sitting dry for a long time. I have the all soaking in vinegar water since last night, can I use these as base and cure them to grow and be live rock?
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
let me know if anything changes in regard to tonight, I would love to get live rock and substrate in asap so that the tank will cycle. I bought two boxes of salt, one that was for 50gallon and the other for 30gallon, the pet store person said to empty the big 50 box and then do half of the 30box. I did that last night and this morning it was all dissolved, but when I checked the salinity when before pouring in the rest of the 30box of salt this is what my two different hydrometers read:
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
let me know if anything changes in regard to tonight, I would love to get live rock and substrate in asap so that the tank will cycle. I bought two boxes of salt, one that was for 50gallon and the other for 30gallon, the pet store person said to empty the big 50 box and then do half of the 30box. I did that last night and this morning it was all dissolved, but when I checked the salinity when before pouring in the rest of the 30box of salt this is what my two different hydrometers read:
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
5846 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 871-2730
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
5846 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 871-2730
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
2014 Alpha Cone 250 review, still one of the best workhorse skimmers in the U.S.
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
2014 Alpha Cone 250 review, still one of the best workhorse skimmers in the U.S.
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes - Reef Central Online Community
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes - Reef Central Online Community
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
2836 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Santa Monica
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
2836 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Santa Monica
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
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Free Downloads | Pump & Filter Instructions | Test Kit charts
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne Karic:
SO another question, when can I and what kind of clean up crew can i start implementing. I am on day 3 or 4 of cycling my first ever tank. My statistics:
tank: 48g
Sump: Amiracle 3 compartment wet/dry trickle filter with bioballs, I have since gotten rid of the bioballs and replace the middle compartment with live rock, golf-ball sized pieces. I am still using the drip plate with filter pad on top. I have a fluorescent bulb installed that I leave on all the time for the sump.
Protein skimmer: Coralife super skimmer 65 (still trying to find the sweet spot on this guy, not really getting any skinmate)
Powerhead: wavemaker 1150gph
Display tank lights: two fluorescent bulbs one of which is t5
So, I got my tank and set it up with tap water and treating with aquel water conditioner. I have about 30 lbs of live rock, and a bag of live sand, (and two bags of live sand that ended up being expired), I am going to add more live rock today. Yesterday I added Dr. Tim's all in one nitrogen bacteria in a bottle as well as I have added two clown fish to help assisting with the cycle. I have been monitoring levels religiously, I did have a spike of amonnia levels mid-afternoon yesterday, I added some amquel and tasted later in the evening and these were my stats:
Water temp: 77F
Ammonia: 1
Nitrates: 15
Nitrites (this one is always hard to tell): 3
pH: 8.3
Salinity: 1.021
I want to add some clean up crew because, the first live sand I added, which ended up not being live at all, and just caused a giant cloud mess. This sand has left a film over a lot of my live rock, I can use the powerhead and blow it off, but I would really like to employ cleaning crew.
Let me know your thoughts.
Cheers
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
SO another question, when can I and what kind of clean up crew can i start implementing. I am on day 3 or 4 of cycling my first ever tank. My statistics:
tank: 48g
Sump: Amiracle 3 compartment wet/dry trickle filter with bioballs, I have since gotten rid of the bioballs and replace the middle compartment with live rock, golf-ball sized pieces. I am still using the drip plate with filter pad on top. I have a fluorescent bulb installed that I leave on all the time for the sump.
Protein skimmer: Coralife super skimmer 65 (still trying to find the sweet spot on this guy, not really getting any skinmate)
Powerhead: wavemaker 1150gph
Display tank lights: two fluorescent bulbs one of which is t5
So, I got my tank and set it up with tap water and treating with aquel water conditioner. I have about 30 lbs of live rock, and a bag of live sand, (and two bags of live sand that ended up being expired), I am going to add more live rock today. Yesterday I added Dr. Tim's all in one nitrogen bacteria in a bottle as well as I have added two clown fish to help assisting with the cycle. I have been monitoring levels religiously, I did have a spike of amonnia levels mid-afternoon yesterday, I added some amquel and tasted later in the evening and these were my stats:
Water temp: 77F
Ammonia: 1
Nitrates: 15
Nitrites (this one is always hard to tell): 3
pH: 8.3
Salinity: 1.021
I want to add some clean up crew because, the first live sand I added, which ended up not being live at all, and just caused a giant cloud mess. This sand has left a film over a lot of my live rock, I can use the powerhead and blow it off, but I would really like to employ cleaning crew.
Also, can I add more live rock tot the tank during this stage and some macro-algae or plants to help take the stress of my clowns?
Let me know your thoughts.
Cheers
The guy I bought the tank from also gave me a bunch of rock, some of which I think used to be live rock but it has been sitting dry for a long time. I have the all soaking in vinegar water since last night, can I use these as base and cure them to grow and be live rock?
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
The guy I bought the tank from also gave me a bunch of rock, some of which I think used to be live rock but it has been sitting dry for a long time. I have the all soaking in vinegar water since last night, can I use these as base and cure them to grow and be live rock?
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
let me know if anything changes in regard to tonight, I would love to get live rock and substrate in asap so that the tank will cycle. I bought two boxes of salt, one that was for 50gallon and the other for 30gallon, the pet store person said to empty the big 50 box and then do half of the 30box. I did that last night and this morning it was all dissolved, but when I checked the salinity when before pouring in the rest of the 30box of salt this is what my two different hydrometers read:
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
let me know if anything changes in regard to tonight, I would love to get live rock and substrate in asap so that the tank will cycle. I bought two boxes of salt, one that was for 50gallon and the other for 30gallon, the pet store person said to empty the big 50 box and then do half of the 30box. I did that last night and this morning it was all dissolved, but when I checked the salinity when before pouring in the rest of the 30box of salt this is what my two different hydrometers read:
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
5846 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 871-2730
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
5846 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 871-2730
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
2014 Alpha Cone 250 review, still one of the best workhorse skimmers in the U.S.
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
2014 Alpha Cone 250 review, still one of the best workhorse skimmers in the U.S.
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes - Reef Central Online Community
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes - Reef Central Online Community
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
2836 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Santa Monica
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
2836 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Santa Monica
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne Karic:
Free Downloads | Pump & Filter Instructions | Test Kit charts
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
Free Downloads | Pump & Filter Instructions | Test Kit charts
Matthew Claiborne Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
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Matthew Claiborne Karic:
SO another question, when can I and what kind of clean up crew can i start implementing. I am on day 3 or 4 of cycling my first ever tank. My statistics:
tank: 48g
Sump: Amiracle 3 compartment wet/dry trickle filter with bioballs, I have since gotten rid of the bioballs and replace the middle compartment with live rock, golf-ball sized pieces. I am still using the drip plate with filter pad on top. I have a fluorescent bulb installed that I leave on all the time for the sump.
Protein skimmer: Coralife super skimmer 65 (still trying to find the sweet spot on this guy, not really getting any skinmate)
Powerhead: wavemaker 1150gph
Display tank lights: two fluorescent bulbs one of which is t5
So, I got my tank and set it up with tap water and treating with aquel water conditioner. I have about 30 lbs of live rock, and a bag of live sand, (and two bags of live sand that ended up being expired), I am going to add more live rock today. Yesterday I added Dr. Tim's all in one nitrogen bacteria in a bottle as well as I have added two clown fish to help assisting with the cycle. I have been monitoring levels religiously, I did have a spike of amonnia levels mid-afternoon yesterday, I added some amquel and tasted later in the evening and these were my stats:
Water temp: 77F
Ammonia: 1
Nitrates: 15
Nitrites (this one is always hard to tell): 3
pH: 8.3
Salinity: 1.021
I want to add some clean up crew because, the first live sand I added, which ended up not being live at all, and just caused a giant cloud mess. This sand has left a film over a lot of my live rock, I can use the powerhead and blow it off, but I would really like to employ cleaning crew.
Let me know your thoughts.
Cheers
Matthew Claiborne-Karic:
SO another question, when can I and what kind of clean up crew can i start implementing. I am on day 3 or 4 of cycling my first ever tank. My statistics:
tank: 48g
Sump: Amiracle 3 compartment wet/dry trickle filter with bioballs, I have since gotten rid of the bioballs and replace the middle compartment with live rock, golf-ball sized pieces. I am still using the drip plate with filter pad on top. I have a fluorescent bulb installed that I leave on all the time for the sump.
Protein skimmer: Coralife super skimmer 65 (still trying to find the sweet spot on this guy, not really getting any skinmate)
Powerhead: wavemaker 1150gph
Display tank lights: two fluorescent bulbs one of which is t5
So, I got my tank and set it up with tap water and treating with aquel water conditioner. I have about 30 lbs of live rock, and a bag of live sand, (and two bags of live sand that ended up being expired), I am going to add more live rock today. Yesterday I added Dr. Tim's all in one nitrogen bacteria in a bottle as well as I have added two clown fish to help assisting with the cycle. I have been monitoring levels religiously, I did have a spike of amonnia levels mid-afternoon yesterday, I added some amquel and tasted later in the evening and these were my stats:
Water temp: 77F
Ammonia: 1
Nitrates: 15
Nitrites (this one is always hard to tell): 3
pH: 8.3
Salinity: 1.021
I want to add some clean up crew because, the first live sand I added, which ended up not being live at all, and just caused a giant cloud mess. This sand has left a film over a lot of my live rock, I can use the powerhead and blow it off, but I would really like to employ cleaning crew.
Also, can I add more live rock tot the tank during this stage and some macro-algae or plants to help take the stress of my clowns?
Let me know your thoughts.
Cheers
