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Not sure were to start but that i need help......
After losing some big fish I had in this tank I decided to go reef at my home.
I am not going to go crazy like my office tank but want to build something easy with some soft corals, zoas, etc until LED's go down in price.LOL
the wife like the little fish now that my son is born....
So the tank is ( 8' x 3' x 3') with a sump (6'x2'x2').this sump is so big that it has 8 trays for filter media and has so much bio balls under the trays.
here are my problems:
First how do I get rid of my bio balls without getting a spike in nitrite due to removing all the biological.
second is the Sand bed is not that greatest due to all the clams my puffer cracked apart with his mouth.
third is my phospate read 2.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My lighting for now is 4-48" VHO atnics and 4-48'' white VHO's
Might include 1-400w MH just for the middle Island of rocks
Skimmer is xxl precsion marine
fish
1 xxl sohal tang (16-18'')
hope he get along with small tangs
this will be a slow build due to $$ so I will post pics as they come
After losing some big fish I had in this tank I decided to go reef at my home.
I am not going to go crazy like my office tank but want to build something easy with some soft corals, zoas, etc until LED's go down in price.LOL
the wife like the little fish now that my son is born....
So the tank is ( 8' x 3' x 3') with a sump (6'x2'x2').this sump is so big that it has 8 trays for filter media and has so much bio balls under the trays.
here are my problems:
First how do I get rid of my bio balls without getting a spike in nitrite due to removing all the biological.
second is the Sand bed is not that greatest due to all the clams my puffer cracked apart with his mouth.
third is my phospate read 2.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My lighting for now is 4-48" VHO atnics and 4-48'' white VHO's
Might include 1-400w MH just for the middle Island of rocks
Skimmer is xxl precsion marine
fish
1 xxl sohal tang (16-18'')
hope he get along with small tangs
this will be a slow build due to $$ so I will post pics as they come
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