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  1. alanwest

    am i ready for a coral or anemone

    Originally Posted by earlybird I'd work on getting your phosphates down to zero. You could probably get away with some hardy corals but I'd wait until your tank matures a little more. A few more months. IMO. Why did your fish die? I am buying wally worlds water. I originally used tap...
  2. alanwest

    am i ready for a coral or anemone

    I have all the proper equipment for keeping corals and anemones . the only thing i dont have is the sump. And im sorry renogaw im not at verst in keeping a sw tank as you are. I just dont want to get a coral or anemone and kill it because im still very knew at this. The only reason the 3 out of...
  3. alanwest

    am i ready for a coral or anemone

    Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Phosphate .25 Calcium 460 Kh 107.4 salinity 1.0245 here r my water peramiters. I have had the tank up for about 2 months my clean up crew all survived and I have one fish left. Hes a jerk killed my other 3. He will be heading home soon to the...
  4. alanwest

    Brown aleagy on all my rocks

    I think this is the way the cycle is supposed to go but ime not sure lol. You start off with brown then brown leads to green then green leads to purple if im wrong please tell me. I have the magnet to clean it off of my glass i just wanna make sure this is supposed ot happen
  5. alanwest

    How soon is 2 soon

    Say i do a water change on a sunday. Is it 2 soon to get my next batch ready that night. Basically if I have an emergency i would like to have water premade just in case. I keep bubbles going through the water and i keep it heated to 79 degrees.
  6. alanwest

    help with my protien skimmer

    i have had it for about 2 months now give or take a week. I tried to adjust and i have tried taking the sucker apart nothing seems to work i havethe air filiter thing off right now seeing if theres any water in side. will the air bubbles stress out the shrimp or starfish.
  7. alanwest

    help with my protien skimmer

    I have had my tank for about 2 months now. I added my clean up crew days ago. I did a water change 2day and after i did my water change my protien skimmer started shooting out massive amounts of bubbles into my tank. my whole tank is all bubbles now. Im afriad its goin to stress my fish or my...
  8. alanwest

    quick lighting question

    I have just bought a NOVA EXTREME LIGHT FIXTURES BY CURRENT sorry caps. its got 4 lights total 2 acticn or whatever and 2 moon lights. how long should i have each on per day.
  9. alanwest

    Questions about base rock

    Ya i know i have been yelled at by everyone by cycling with fish i feal bad about it. You live u learn i wont be doin it again.
  10. alanwest

    Questions about base rock

    Ok i have my tank setup for about 5 weeks. I used 4 fish and 25 lbs of live rock to cycle it. It was a 55 gallon tank. I have a protien skimmer and filter already. I am getting 50 lbs of base rock (clean dead rock) and my lighting on friday. The question I have is will the base rock which has no...
  11. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    also opinions on base rock please. I have 25 pounds of live rock and from what I have heard if i get base rock then the living stuff like aleagy and stuff will transfer over. I can get base rock 50 lbs for like 30 bucks i would prefer to spend 30 over 200 for good live rock. plus i dont have to...
  12. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    Originally Posted by Nick76 Maxijet1200's are really a good choice rated a 295 GPH I believe. The only maxijet they have out of stock /cry lol. thanks for the info im looking around trying to find something comparable. If anyone knows a good site to get a good vho or metal halide lighing...
  13. alanwest

    what about retro kits

    I have been looking for a way to get a metale hilade system for a cheap price just to get me by for a few months. i have seen mh retro kits they seem to have the right wattage and they seem to be in my price range for the time being. would something like...
  14. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    I think I am fully cycled everything was showing 0 levels. I dont have a powerhead yet. I was told to wait till I am fully cycled before i add one. If i should add it now let me no ill ordered today. I dont no my gph i have a coralife super skimmer ment for 65 g. and a emperor 400 for a filiter...
  15. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    bump. if someone could help it would be apprecaited kinda a huge newb here.
  16. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    I was thinking some stuff like 20-55 Gallon Reef Package Products belonging to this packageQuantity Scarlet Hermit Crab:10 Blueleg Hermit Crab:10 Nasssarius Snail:10 Brittle Starfish:2 Coral Banded Shrimp:1 Emerald Crab:3 Turbo/Astrea Snail:20 Cleaner Clam:2 I think its over loading but i have...
  17. alanwest

    Good Clean up crew

    Ok theres probably been over a million post about this but i'm a loser and I cant find them so im goin to make the millionth and one post. I have had my tank up for about a month I have some allegy on the bottom of my tank. Its a bueatiful brown poop color. I have read some post and they said...
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