Recent content by Drew8

my lone fish is still acting and looking good. I'll keep on eye out for anything else that may have killed the other fish.

i saw the fish nip at him a few times so im pretty sure it was the other fish. but i guess it could be somthing else?? im going to see if the last one lasts the rest of the week before i try some more.

thanks for the tip on the LFS

nitrates are 40 or less on the test kit as of last night.

Bad news today. I came home and I lost 2 fish. One of the fish was hanging out in the rock work from the time i put him in. It never came out to eat. 3+ days. All i found of the fish was a skeleton. i guess the snails took care of it. The other fish was fine and schooling with the 2nd fish...

yes i am using Instant Ocean. i have half a bag left of it then im going to be switching to oceanic when i run out.

I added my first fish yesterday. 3 green chromis and a CUC. 20 assorted snails and 10 hermits. They are working like crazy! ammonia was is at 0 nitrite is at 0 nitrate is at 40 phosphate is at 0 I did a 10% water change yesterday to start bringing the nitrates down. Calcium is at 320 and...

I think im going to leave everything alone and keep testing till monday and see where im at. If nothing changes then i will do a water change. Any suggestions on how much i should change? 10% would only bring my nitrates down 10% correct?

it was half live and half base rock. I'm starting to get the red algae over the rock and sand also.

I tested the water yesterday and my ammonia and nitrites were both at 0. Nitrates were at 40. I was thinking about adding some fish food and see if the ammonia raises up. I thought that it would take longer then a weeks for my tank to cycle. Or am I missing somting? The tank was running...

It has a TDS already on it. Thanks for all the help

I have an RODI now. i got it used when i got the tank and i am waiting for new filters to get here. lighting 2 viper clamp 150 watt metal halides center is 192 watt power compacts about 36 inches long made by corallife

what should my light cycle be while cycling the tank?

I got my LR in the tank on the 2nd and then the next day went I left town till today (7th) here is my readings on the 2nd.(i used tap water to for the inital fill of the tank. I know its bad but 180+ gallons at the store was $$$$. all evap water is distilled.) 1.024 P.H. 7.8 ammonia 3-4ppm...

ok, i didnt think that the tank would cylce without any rock in the tank. I forgot to mention that i have 180 pounds of sand in the tank. I have read up alot about the cycling process and know what to expect....i guess i just wasnt expecting to start without rock in the tank. here is a...