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Just looking at a chart for specific gravity ranges for specific coral reef regions If anyone is interested they are as follows Red sea 1.0299 East coast Africa 1.0237-1.0260 Sir Lanka 1.0222-1.0252 Singapore 1.0222-1.0237 Caribbean Sea 1.0260 Florida 1.0252-1.0260 Philippines 1.0222-1.0252 Sea...

IMO you are better served with the paper, you want to try to cover as much of the exposed area of sand as you can

Bio balls provide a platform for dissimilatory reduction Algae scrubbers preform their task via assimilation

Quote: .The milli almost looks hairy i once knew a hairy Milli

exactly

I am sure I am not the only one with them in relation to the boards. One of mine is the use of the phrases. The end of my cycle or not wanting a cycle or preventing a cycle. Come on people if we did not complete the nitrogen cycle we would not be able to maintain our tanks for any length of...

Water from you DT is not going to aid in your bio filtration in your QT I would add some kind of mechanical filtration to your QT (small hang on back filter) I would add a product like prime to detoxify ammonia nitrate and nitrates. You have waited this long to set up your tank I just don’t...

Dean I will tell you how I deal with placing the sand and water into a new set up. This is just how I do it and I post it as something you can consider not what you must do. Once I get the tables and rocks in their final spot I place the sand I am going to use up to about ½ of a 5 gallon...

no buddy i am a shark although meowzer wanted be to be s sperm whale

Yes the PVC fittings I posted will be the corners they connect vertical legs to horizontal pieces once you buy them it will all become clear and ghost feeding is what you will do when you start to grow your bio flirtation. You introduce organic matter as if you are feeding fish to introduce...

Cory as you can see I am about as good an artist as I am a saltwater hobbyist. But I think you can see what I mean. When I am setting up a tank for someone we establish the sand bed hight the then cut the vertical legs accordingly we look at the rocks and adjust the horizontal measurements so...

now dont you just feel so dirty meowzer

much more understandable for everyone

When I build my tables and plenum I was able to get all of the pvc fittings side outs included at home depot. I do not like to put a “top” on the tables I like to wedge the rock in the perimeter of the table for added stability you can also orient the rock anyway you like this way As far as the...

Quote: Afterall bacteria are everywhere Quote: take the situation where at startup there is absolutely no aerobic bacteria.

Quote: take the situation where at startup there is absolutely no aerobic bacteria. And the tank/refugium is stocked heavily with macro algae. but if the macro is consuming all the ammonia how does the colonization of aerobic bacteria start

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Looks good Dean....As suggest sand bed is debatable as far as depth.....I would argue a bit, that a sand bed is even beneficial or needed in the DT, more an aesthetic than anything. I only state this mere fact that people have been running bare bottom (BB)...

Ok the depth of the sand bed it up to you, we can go around and around on it. I would go with 2 inch in your tank. And deeper in your refuge. You can get the PVC at Lowes so if you go with a 2 inch sand bed you make the height of the tables 1 ¾ inch. Your rock then only sits ¼ inch in the sand...