MY live rock help 40 gal help.

[Grizzlyreef]

best thing ive seen for coral line is purple up my tanks been runnin since i was 13 and purple ups the only thing ive use that ive noticed asignificant difrence im runnin a 55 and im upgrading to a 220 my 55 has been up for 4 years now i fing about a pound of live rock per gallon if ur gonna do corals tonga brankch is great cause its good for circulation i prefer snd only becaus srshed coral can hold a huge amount of nitrates if u dont clean it thoroughly and consistently id advise the T5 Is ur best bet in terms of getting coraline to grow purble ups got pretty much all the elements minerals and compounds need for coraline algae and to keep the live rock in good condition id also recomend if u wanna use chemicals to try cycle and stability they work pretty wellin helpin the tank build usefull bacteria nd cycle quickly i think the sea clone protien skimmer works pretty well i know a few peple that like the prizms but they have to be constantly reprimed so id stick with the sea clone protien skimmer i also found its good to o aboy a pond of sand per gallon of water hope it all helps and good luck with the tank

 

[Killerdrgn]

ok don't get a sea clone (they're nicknamed sea clowns for a reason) and prizms suck just as hard.Purple up is a waste of time. Best thing for you to do before dosing anything at all is to test your current levels. If calc is in the 450 range it'll grow really fast.

 

[aznt1217]

-Use your T5 lighting. Forget the 18 watt. It really depends on what you want to do with your tank.

-Coralline just takes patience and maintaing your alkalinity and calcium balance. Canister filters wouldn't hurt but you should be okay if you have enough Liverock and what not.

-You can mix crushed coral and sand. I did that and have it at a 3:1 ratio. 30 lbs. Sand (Tahitian white superfine and arag alive) mixed with 10 lbs. of florida crushed coral. I had to do this so my jawfish is kept happy.

-For a skimmer... depends on what your Bioload is going to be. AquaC Remora's are fantastic as mentioned in a previous post.

 

[anthony27]

:splitspin:bablefishI have added the live sand, about 30 pounds of it and kept 2 pounds of the crushed coral. But I must add when I moved the CC out of the tank the beigh silt that came from it was nasty. clouded wmy whole tank. But the sand is in there now and my next step is the live rock and then the skimmer. Now the big question is Does Any body want to trade some what 30 pounds of crushed coral for some pices of live rock or know where the live rock is chceep in LI. Thanks for the heelp :lol:

 

[anthony27]

fish now

:birthday:I just added one cromis and the tank did not spike up the anommia is 0 and the nitrates and nitrite are all 0 so the ph is about 7.8 whick I know i have to add a little ph buffer inorder to bring the ph back up to 8 81 so the salt is in the right area and i just hooked up my ro di unit so i am excited about that. When do you think I should take out the carbon cartrage that has been in the tank since I bought it, I would like to know if i take that out now and replace that with chemi pure will that screw up the bio load and yes i did add the live sand aobut 30 pounds of it.

 

[anthony27]

bump

 

[anthony27]

I can some one please help me.

 

[Killerdrgn]

what do you need help in? you asked no questions in your last post

 

[junglebase]

what do you need help in? you asked no questions in your last post

This was his question.. i guess you missed it cause there were no punctuation marks anywhere....

:birthday: I would like to know if i take that out now and replace that with chemi pure will that screw up the bio load and yes i did add the live sand aobut 30 pounds of it.

 

[Killerdrgn]

Oh in that case yeah go right ahead and change the carbon to chemipure. as long as you have the rock and sand cycled you should be fine.

 

[h20 freak]

I wouldn't spend my money on it but if you have it already then by all means use the fluval, just keep it clean.

 

[h2o]

so did you get that new skimmer ? before u get one, know that what u pay is what u get , i had a sea clone 150 on my 120 4 two months its a pice of crap!!!! now i use it to mix fresh saltwater. I got myself the asm g3 and it pulls lots of sh...t out the tank.

 

[anthony27]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!h E L P !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The skimmer I have now is a coral life 65 works amazing and hangs off the tank. I do have a nother problem thought. I bought a hawlkfish and a balsset and already have had a cromis for a week and a half. I dripped the fish for a hour and checked the levels of the tank before and after i added the fish. They ate fine and then i added some water from my r/di. The next morning i noticed the fish were not eating and in respiratory distress. They are breathing very fast and not moving that much. So last night i ran the ro and took out the origional filter pad i had and cleaned it off in the tank water i had tanken out in my bucket. The filter pad was clogged like you would not bleave and it is like i stated the origional pad that i got with the tank that the guy had. The tank has been running for a total of 3 weeks now and I have checked the levels over and over still everything is 0 ph is 8.2 and the temp is 76 and the salt is in the right area. I have the skimmer running and yes it did add some bubbles in the tank but not alot. I did notice that the biowheel was not moving that much when the pad was clogged so hence I thought that may be the problem. Any advice would be great ( and yes i know the hawlk is going to out grow the tank)

I did notice this started when i added the skimmer :irked::irked: