Recent content by charles1

What are the best critters for a deep sand bed? I need help with what type of starfish, sea cumcumbers and any other important items I'm missing. I ordered a detrivore kit from ipsf 6 months ago. The bristle worms have established themselves but not much else that I can tell.

what are dsbs?

What fish shop has the best detrivore kit? I have tried ispf but they had very small portions for the money. How long does it take for a 50 gallon tank that is five inches deep (pure argonite) to establish quality filtration from the sand?

:? Matt are you still going to keep your main tank? How is the stand holding up?

:D Looks like the tank is going well

I have a 50 gallon Aquasystem with a cpr bak pak. The live rock I've had for over 3 years. There is one clown fish in the tank which I feed formula one. There is no type of filtration besides the live rock, protein skimmer and the sandbed.

The sand bed is between 4-6 inches deep

I also have about 50 lbs on live rock. How will I know when the sand has been completed seeded and is filtering the water.

Specs 50 gallon Aquasystem 2 25lb bags of pure argonite 1 order from indo pacific farms (live activator kit) 9 for $99 consists of reef worms, hermits, snails (astrea and nerite), 300 ml of live sand, amphipods, sandbed clams 8)

You need to hook me up with some live sand for my tank. Its hurting for more biodiversity. Both cleaner shrimp died from unknown causes. :(

Which skimmer would be better a CPR bakpak reef or the Aqua C Remora? This is for a 40 gallon tru vu aquasystem with 70lbs of live rock and one clown fish. There are a few snails and hermits.

I put the phosphate sponge in. We will see if it helps at all. :? I also added some phytoplankton for the mandarin goby. I heard that may contribute to algae outbreaks. I use DT's phytoplankton.

:) I use Glacier water from an industrial size RO system with 0 ppm. I have been actively removing the green hair algae and removed the biowheel, filter floss and activated carbon. I have kent phosphate sponge so I will also give that a try. Thanks wombat for everything. We will hook up...

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What is readind ETC? Nitrates are about 40 and on there way down. Ammonia levels are 0. I have my pump to flush any detritus off of the live rock. :)