Added Hermits. emerald green crab and turbo snails. They have been in the tank for 3 days. Not much progression yet. Algae seems to be spreading. I hope they will get it under control.
Thanks for the replies. Clink so your saying reverse cycle for the fuge?
I have heard both ways are beneficial.
The return is only pushing around 900gph.
55gal with a 20gal sump with refugium(Cheetah Morpheus algae and Mirical mud w/1inch sand bed in the fug).
Corallife 125gal skimmer
Advantage Ultraviolet Sterilizer 8watt
1200gph return pump
900gph power head and 1200gph power head
50lbs of Key Largo dry rock
15lbs of live rock
I'm new to the...
I agree that the 500 should have worked but I wanted more flow as well.
Thanks for the help! I'm on the forth day of cycling and the levels are perfect.
Ordered a 1200gph we will see how it works. Thanks for the help! Next week I should be starting the tank! I am going to cycle the tank with live rock. I have read this seems to popular and successful. Do I cycle with lights off or on? I have read it doesn't matter unless you start to have algae.
I am new to the reef world. I have a 55 gallon tank. I drilled two 2" outlets to a 25 gallon sump/refguium with 1" PVC pipe with a single return of the same size. I am using a 500GPH return pump. I am having trouble with getting balance/flow correct? I am running a test and can't get the levels...