What LED strength do corals require?

[DSC reef]

The tank is cycled. I got the prepackaged water. But I didn’t get them at a store, I got them at a convention.

How long has the tank been cycled? Are you referring that your tank is cycled because you used petco water?

 

[Flippers4pups]

The tank is cycled. I got the prepackaged water. But I didn’t get them at a store, I got them at a convention.

How long has this tank been running?

 

[DoggoThePuffer]

How long has this tank been running?

2 weeks

 

[Flippers4pups]

2 weeks

What's your water pramameters?

 

[DoggoThePuffer]

What's your water pramameters?

Saltiantiy, 22.00
PH 8.2
Nitrite 0.00
Nitrate 0.00
Ammonia 0.00

 

[DanTer]

I stumbled upon another one of your threads talking about a tank with a dogface puffer, saddle puffer, cleaner wrasse, box puffer and watchman goby. Assuming that tank has been up and running for a while, maybe you can hold your new fish and corals in there?

 

[DoggoThePuffer]

I stumbled upon another one of your threads talking about a tank with a dogface puffer, saddle puffer, cleaner wrasse, box puffer and watchman goby. Assuming that tank has been up and running for a while, maybe you can hold your new fish and corals in there?[/QUOTE
Sadly, that tank has Ich. So I can’t put anything in it...

 

[Flippers4pups]

Saltiantiy, 22.00
PH 8.2
Nitrite 0.00
Nitrate 0.00
Ammonia 0.00

No nitrate? Newly set up tanks take much longer to cycle. I feel that your may not have cycled.

http://www.melevsreef.com/articles/how-to-cycle-an-aquarium

 

[DoggoThePuffer]

No nitrate? Newly set up tanks take much longer to cycle. I feel that your may not have cycled.

http://www.melevsreef.com/articles/how-to-cycle-an-aquarium

I did, it has been cycling in a 20g tank with no fish. But it was gonna be for a pufferfish but I scrapped it and put the water in a 10g tank. It is technically cycled but in a new tank.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I did, it has been cycling in a 20g tank with no fish. But it was gonna be for a pufferfish but I scrapped it and put the water in a 10g tank. It is technically cycled but in a new tank.

Putting established water from another tank into a new tank doesn't cycle the new tank!

 

[DSC reef]

I just read your other thread about just putting sand in your tank and it being cloudy. I would seriously slow down and cycle the tank properly before adding any living animals.

 

[NS Mike D]

cycling a tank refers to building a population of life you cannot see to develop a balanced ecosystem. cycling is just he first step. the development of this ecosystem of what you can and cannot see is what people are referring to when they talk about a mature tank. Adding a fish/coral/cuc to a new tank will throw off the balance more than an established tank and will take longer to recover and find it's new balance.

this is why it is so important to go slow.

 

[Thor2j]

I think he is a troll, this can't be real.

 

[xiaoxiy]

Oh god. Derrick?