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I love your aquascape design. I can't wait to see what you do with it!!!!
Thanks. Only gets better when I get more beautiful coral in there. Thanks for the colonies this weekend.
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Looks sweet Rich. That aquascaping is very nice. A beautiful sculpture from every angle. Looking forward to seeing it covered in choice corals.
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Very nice looking system! Following along.
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I thought I'd give anyone who cares an update on how Dr. Tim's "One and Only" worked in a 40ish gallon system.
Day 1: Added Saltwater to the tank that had 60ish lbs of livesand and cured "real reef rock".
Added 4 oz. of Dr. Tim's "One and Only"
Added 2 smaller clownfish (had a standby tank ready just incase the ammonia spiked)
Day 2-7: Ammonia stayed pretty consistant between 0.25ppm and 0.5ppm. I took it as a sign that the nitrifying bacteria were working because it was fluctuating but not going higher
Nitrite and Nitrate were both at zero the whole time, which is what Mr. Saltwatertank showed happening in his system
Day 7: Added a small clean-up crew (nassarius and blue legs)
Added a few corals as well (zoas and a cyphastrea
Day 8: Ammonia dropped to 0
Nitrite started showing up between 0.25-0.5 ppm
Nitrates at 0
Corals all looked good (no color change or recession)
Day 9-13: Ammonia at 0
Nitrite stayed between 0.25-0.5ppm
Nitrate fluctuated between 5.0 - 10.0 ppm (making me think the nitrogen cycle was working the way it was suppose to)
All corals still looked good if not better than when I picked them up.
Day 14: Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate all reading 0
I will continue to check for Ammonia and Nitrite for the next couple of days out of curiosity. I'm fairly confident that the cycle has completed and I have a stable system, but you know what they say about assumptions
Overall I am thrilled with how the Dr. Tim's product worked. Zero loss of life between my fish, coral and CUC. I think the levels were low enough that there was little to no stress on any of the life in the tank
Day 1: Added Saltwater to the tank that had 60ish lbs of livesand and cured "real reef rock".
Added 4 oz. of Dr. Tim's "One and Only"
Added 2 smaller clownfish (had a standby tank ready just incase the ammonia spiked)
Day 2-7: Ammonia stayed pretty consistant between 0.25ppm and 0.5ppm. I took it as a sign that the nitrifying bacteria were working because it was fluctuating but not going higher
Nitrite and Nitrate were both at zero the whole time, which is what Mr. Saltwatertank showed happening in his system
Day 7: Added a small clean-up crew (nassarius and blue legs)
Added a few corals as well (zoas and a cyphastrea
Day 8: Ammonia dropped to 0
Nitrite started showing up between 0.25-0.5 ppm
Nitrates at 0
Corals all looked good (no color change or recession)
Day 9-13: Ammonia at 0
Nitrite stayed between 0.25-0.5ppm
Nitrate fluctuated between 5.0 - 10.0 ppm (making me think the nitrogen cycle was working the way it was suppose to)
All corals still looked good if not better than when I picked them up.
Day 14: Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate all reading 0
I will continue to check for Ammonia and Nitrite for the next couple of days out of curiosity. I'm fairly confident that the cycle has completed and I have a stable system, but you know what they say about assumptions
Overall I am thrilled with how the Dr. Tim's product worked. Zero loss of life between my fish, coral and CUC. I think the levels were low enough that there was little to no stress on any of the life in the tank
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Looking great bro!
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Oh man, oh man, oh man. I've always thought these Colorado Nems I keep seeing were photoshopped and saturated into fantasy. I was wrong. Just picked this up from Todd and Brett at Cherry Corals. The two brightest things I've ever had in my tank were the Space Invader and the Jawbreaker shroom. This blows both of them out of the water.
Nice and puffy in the bag (iPhone Pic)
A little blue LED action (iPhone Pic)
As white as my Kessil goes (iPhone Pic)
Nice and puffy in the bag (iPhone Pic)
A little blue LED action (iPhone Pic)
As white as my Kessil goes (iPhone Pic)
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I think it works out like this because I'm getting a little ambient light muting the blue a little. I know what you are talking about though. It also helps that the nem is really bright. Everything else in that picture is all "blued out"
Beautiful Anemones Rich!
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I wanted to give it a place lower in the tank to get acclimated. Since I don't have any low rock work I just put some frag discs in there to give it something to attach to. After a few days if it doesn't move itself higher ill place one of the discs its attached to near the area that I would like it to settle.
