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now when you test your water in a pico is that considered a water change too?

I was thinking about buying some rock, let it cure and put it in my DT

it will go away.....try cutting down the lights....will speed it up

Any thoughts on the best way to set up a QT tank? I have a 12 gallon cube that I was thinking about using... Would you use the sponge? live rock? sand? or just some pvc? Should I wait till my tank cycles and use that water?

So I turned the lights off as soon as I got home....this morning diatoms were way down, in some places they were gone completly

Do you have sump? I'm not really sure why you need a filter.... live rock, skimmer, hopfully good movement inside the tank should be all you need...

Sorry for the quality...from my phone..

ok...update time... I walked in the door today, looked at the tank and to my surprise.....diatoms on the rock and sand.... Tested the water and here is what I found.. Temp 79.7 Salinity 1.024 Ammonia .5ppm Nitrite 1ppm Nitrate 20 ppm any thoughts?

take your water to your LFS and have them test it.. while you are there, buy a new Ammonia test kit... even a 0 ppm should come up yellow...

Tested the water again, same results..

I use one of the plastic paint mixers that you use with a drill... works great....

API and they are brand new... Not my brand of choice, but the wife put them iun my stocking for Christmas... Originally Posted by gmann1139 What test kits are you using and how old are they?

I'm using RO/DI.... TDS meter reads 0 ppm Ammonia reads 0 ppm Originally Posted by florida joe just for kicks test the water source you use to fill up your tank

Yep.... I used the same sand that was in my old tank..... It was dry as well... I took it out, rinsed it a bucket and put it back in the tank. I was very surprised when it appears the tank was starting to cycle. I went to my LFS today to buy some live rock and the guy told me I would be wasting...

I shut down my tank about a year ago. (after a ick breakout that killed all my fish). They have been sitting in the empty tank since then. Before I put it back in I rinsed it off in tap water and then boiled it... Thanks for the help. Originally Posted by robertmathern Well Well looks like...

I filled my 90g tank up last Friday... I added my sand... rinsed off some old rock that was from my old tank (it was dry)... basic stuff... Now I have been looking/debating on how much live rock I was going to buy to seed my existing base rock (of which I have about 75 pounds). Here is the...

I was thinking about what fish I'm going to stock the tank with... I was thinking... Purpleback Pseudochromis Achilles Tang Blonde Naso Tang Yellow Tang False Percula Clownfish - Mated Pair any opinions on the fish or which ones to get first etc...?

Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it. I'm really looking forward to getting my tank going again! I think all should go well.

No power heads....I did use ro/di, but the established tank was tap water... Originally Posted by robertmathern Well looks good your off to a great start. If you want some corals I would upgrade the lights but for a few softys there fine. Sounds great you said the korilla 3 are new did you...

No.. I bought the established 46....had it for 2 years.....moved it and upgraded at the same time. Originally Posted by Dennis210 Initial tank was bought from someone already running, you tore it down and reset it, then two months later you moved, bought the 90, tore down the 46, and used the...