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Diatom everywhere, on my rocks, on my glass, on my sandbed. No complaints it adds a nice color to my setup, i just dont want it to get out of hand, is having TOO much diatom bad for the cycle? will it make it longer? will my system auto balance its self, cause if it will I'll just leave it alone...

MJ, the curing process is quite simple patience really is the main thing your going to have to possess before buying your test kits. If its cured live rock, if I was you i'd add the sand in there first, but if you cant I dont see any harm in it, its just if you buy LIVE sand it comes with...

20lbs is enough, not sure on water flow you should be good for a while with stock pump best advice is take it slow, are you purchasing cured live rock or uncured, try to get a pound of live rock per each gallon, i have 23lbs in my 24g aquapod and i still have plenty of room in my tank. Check...

Nice sun coral, i read they are very light sensitive it has to be one of the coolest corals by far i def want to purchase one, they have to be hand fed how cool is that!!

Well I am already picking what I want as a cleaning crew, if anyone has an idea's feel free to post up I was thinking a mix of things 5-10 turbo snails 10 blue hermits 5-10 scarlet hermits 1-3 peppermint shrimp 5-10 astrea snails not sure on #'s yet but I am still considering will more then...

i just put it together and hope it doesnt fall, no livestock in there yet so i guess we will see if it stays

Oh yeah never goes higher than 80, never drops lower than 78.

Ammonia: 5.0mg/l still very high Nitrites: 1.6mg/l still spiking by tommorow it should be on the last bar which is 3.3mg/l Nitrates: 20ppm SG: 1.025 been climbing .1 everyday I got my first diatom bloom today its on the far right bottom of my tank where there is less flow, a little diatom in...

I hear that i just placed an order on ***********.com 1. Seachem Seagel 1 litre 2. 2x Media Bag 4 inch x 8 inch - 300 Micron 3. Maxi-Jet 1200 Powerhead / MP 1200 4. Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Saltwater Liquid Master Test Kit 5. Seachem Purigen 250mL 6. Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Proper pH 8.2 310g +...

Cool thanks for the input, I actually purchase the water from my LFS its 84 cents a gallon. I'll ask them what there levels are next time, before I added my LR it was 1.023, i read you want it 1.021-1.025? Yeah I'll buffer my PH there is a PH buffer that is supposed to keep your tank at a...

Yes the PH is low, I think its low because I havent done a water change and from what I read Bacteria uses c02 in the water and this fluctuates your PH level? I checked my paremeters this morning. PH: 8.0 Temps: 80f SG:1.024 (Could this increase because of evaporation?) Ammonia: 5.0mg/l (still...

Hello everyone I went out and purchased an Aquapod 24 HQI 150w system, its really bad ass and I cant wait till I have my fish and corals in it. 8 days ago i set it all up, it includes... 20lbs live sand 23lbs uncured live rock Koralia 1 150w heater thermometer hydrometer I soon plan to upgrade...