Eienna's 50g Reef

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Good news! My one LED fixture should do the job. I held it where it'll be when I get the glass canopy, and it's lit up plenty. :) Especially if I'm sticking mostly to LPS, which I am. Woohoo! There's $200 or so I don't have to spend. :)
 
I tested ammonia, nitrite and nitrate tonight. The ammonia and nitrite are dangerously high. Guess I didn't get the rock/sand completely clean.

This nixes my original plan. I was going to move the animals, sand and rock from the 20g to the 50g all at the same time, in a couple of weeks (when I get my canopy), but these levels have made it completely unsafe.

So I thought about moving things over a little at a time. Trouble is, the levels of ammonia and nitrite right now would kill off my existing live rock inhabitants, making things take even longer.

Never fear. I have a plan.
I don't have any One and Only on me, and couldn't afford it right now anyway, but I do have some Nite-Out II from the MAX expo goodie bag. I'll use it to reduce the levels to the point where the live rock will remain properly live when moved. Then, I will begin gradually moving things over.

Part of the problem with most bacterial supplements is that they use a land-based form, which does not self-sustain in aquaria. Since I'm only using this short-term so I can move in my existing cycle bacteria, that is a nonissue.

I would wait for the rock in the 50 to cycle by itself, but if I want the system settled in before RAP I don't have that kind of time. This should speed things a touch. And no, I will NOT add my fish or inverts before the ammonia and nitrite readings are both 0, with nitrate under 20.

This is similar to what I did to get the 20g started. I'm not going about this haphazardly. It's not the accepted norm, but I know what I'm doing. No worries. :)
 
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.....still loaded with ammonia and nitrite. Not cool.

It looks like we're moving, too. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to work this whole thing.
 
Houston, we have a bacterial bloom!

Ammonia and nitrite have taken a dive!!

In other news....

Thankfully, the major problems of Mom's have been worked out. :)
 
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Maybe it won't be long now. Can't wait for pics when your babies are in the tank!
 
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I take that back. I'm gonna go with Crystal Sea Marinemix, now that I've found a place I can order it from.

Cal and Mg are a bit lower than bio-sea, but so is the nasty stuff - and those two values are still higher than the IO I've been using.
 
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Yeah! In a day or two I get to drop the rocks and substrate in buckets and hope they hold the cycle, lol. Gotta get everything to our new place.

Sooo tired, though...and our help is coming a day earlier than before...this trying to be ready so fast (less than 6 days) is killing me.
 
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