Nycsicktank's 75 gallon FOWLR

[nycsicktank]

i got my rocks today. 35lbs. i got some few questions. i think 1 or 2 of them are dead and 3rd one is alive. when i shake one of the dead rock, all these sponges were coming out and the water became cloudy. how can i know if they are alive?

 

[cb747]

"Live rock" is considered live from all the bacteria that colonize it. Sponges and other stuff growing on the rock are subject to die off. If this TBS rock by any chance?

 

[nycsicktank]

what you mean by TBS?

 

[cb747]

A company that sells it. I should have ben more specific and asked if it was Florida Aqua Cultured Rock?

 

[nycsicktank]

i dont know, i think its Fiji rocks

 

[Blue02celi]

where'd ya get it from?

 

[nycsicktank]

from Big Bamboo aquarium pets.trust me i know this owner doesnt know anything about his livestock but o well i gave a shot.i dont get transportation all the time and i saw the most 3 biggest rock i needed.

guys and girls i just tested my rocks.
no3=25
no2=1-2ppm
NH4= i got this white water that means 0?

does this mean my rocks are alive and its safe to put with other rocks in my tank?

 

[nycsicktank]

anyone?

 

[tsinkoy]

how do you test those parameters on your rocks?

 

[meschaefer]

I assume you are testing the water and not the rocks. Nitrite should be zero before you add any livestock.

 

[nycsicktank]

yes sorry i meant testing my water. i know everything should be 0 before i add any livestock in.

 

[nycsicktank]

sorry about the AC. it was so cloudy.

skimming less than 5 hrs =)

should i start cycling with shrimps?

also, my return is doing too much. how can i fix this? i tired adjusting with the value, no luck.

 

[nycsicktank]

:smash: i would like some kind of response.

come on guys and girls. give this newbie a piece of mind

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Let the rock complete your cycle. You could put a small pinch of food in there to help jumpstart the cycle. It will have the same effect as the shrimp but the tank will cycle without it.

 

[home wrecker]

can u take a pic of your setup too ...

 

[nycsicktank]

chief, its been cycling for 5 days. ill give you post.

home wrecker, heres the pics

return pump (inside the pink bucket)

 

[noodleman]

lol why is the return in the pink bucket? So what you got in plans for the sump, seems so empty

 

[bigbris1]

I wouldn't adjust the flow from the return pump, what I did was run a Tee right where you have the ball valve going up to the tank to another ballvalve then back to the sump. This way if there's too much water going up to the tank you can just divert some of it back to the sump. I think this way will extend the life of the return pump.

Also, why is your pump in a bucket? With water?

 

[OctaviousMonk]

Well it would seem to me that the return pump is in tank/sump only and he doesn't have the room needed in sump; Thus the pink container is an extension of the sump.
It also gives him the option of switching to an external pump when and if he wants one.

 

[nycsicktank]

noddleman- im going to have fuge in there =) is there different purpose for different plants?

bigbris- i had quite problems with water returning more than draining, i did mentioned on the website for some help , however no one replied. Now, i have no problems with this pump. thanks for the tip!

i have the pump inside the that bucket because the threads connected to my pumps was leaking and had a good idea attaching a bucket with water in it seems good idea to me.

Monk- maybe ill go external pump in the future =)