Recent content by thefickens

All I've seen is something black and brown streaking into the rock the second I turn on a light. It's too fast to see it clear and definitely can't take a pic.

And I have a mystery hitch hiker that only comes out in pitch black and as soon as the light turns on quick as hell it disappears into the rock. Anyone kno what that could be? It looks decent sized too.

The purple stuff is hard. I can't upload from my phone so when I get to a capable computer I will upload them

The brown stuff u can't really see in pics. I'll post some as soon as I get a good shot. My phone doesn't do the best

What algaes are good in a tank thats 3 weeks into the cycling period? And what do they look like? In the past 24 hours brown grasslike algae and purplish algae showed up. it seems to only be in areas of high water flow. ph - 7.8 ammonia - .25 ppm nitrite - 0 ppm nitrate - 10 ppm

ya i had serious nitrate problems. luckily a local guy on reefjunkees.com helped me out alot. but still wasted a bunch of salt and time. redoing the whole process now.

and used my old FW fish water to use with the salt. didn't know that the good bacteria if FW is bad for SW. so killed everything in the tank that i started with. not even a day in and killing everything

lol. its not all that. i already messed up BAD and killed my live sand. i ran out of marine salt, realized i have to mix it bucket by bucket,

i hate saltwater already...................

Alright so I have officially decided to turn the 55 gallon into the saltwater. Everything is on sale on craigslist so once it's sold I am converting. I'm getting a large live rock and then a bunch of dead rock with some live sand too. Planning on setting that up and then just letting it run for...

i appreciate the input but i don't really understand all the slang you typed. lol. after the 1-2" i don't know what you said

Oh. Different terminology. water developement to me. Ya I know about cycling. I was gonna "cycle" it for like 4 weeks with live rock and sand.

what exactly does cycle the tank mean. and so no need for the drip wet/dry method. just take that out of the mix and do the sump/refugium???

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Ya ok, didn't see the originating sight. oops. ok...So what I have figured so far is that live rock and sand will keep the tank clean enough with regular water changes. and for beginning that is fine. as I develop my tank getting the sump/refugium plus wet/dry filter plus skimmer will benefit...