dbeatty1954
New Member
Hello all, used to have salt water aquariums many years ago, 10+ years, and have had the itch to get back into it. Recently I purchased a Coralife Biocube29 to start back into the hobby. Current setup includes the Biocube, I have removed the bioballs and replaced that with an Eshoppes sponge filter and poly filter media on top. Also have a 150 Watt heater in the overflow compartment. The sponge is in the second compartment along with the poly filter on top of the sponge filter. There is also a Tunze 9001 protein skimmer in the second compartment and a bag of Seachem Matrix bio media in the bottom. Third compartment has just the return pump. Stock lighting right now. I have two Hydor Nano 420 powerheads with a Hydor contorller. Also a JBJ OTA. I have 20 lbs of live sand and 24 lbs of live rock. I seeded the tank with saltwater from my LFS. Currently no fish or clean up crew is in the tank. Tank has been up for approximately 2 1/2 weeks. PH is about 8.2, ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, nitrate is about 5-10 ppm. SG is 1.027 or 35 ppt. Looking forward to adding clean up crew, but have been fighting some green hair algae. I have done a couple of water changes of about 10-15%. I love salt water aquariums and eventually would like to have fish and corals in my tank, but seems like I am getting no where. Don't get me wrong I realize it is a slow process, but was hoping somebody could make some suggestions in regards to my tank. If this works out over the next couple of years I would be inclined to move to a larger tank, maybe 100 gallons or so, but I want to make the nano work first. Any thoughts or help will be appreciated. I apologize as I am sure you folks see similiar post on a regular basis. Thanks again.:squigglemouth:
