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Yeah, my smaller QT is painted, I shall find something to fix that problem. It was a emergency setup :(. If I rinse the bioballs/filter pads/biowheels in water change water will they help remove the 'nitrate factory' part of them?

So I did some rummaging and pulled out an emporer 400 filter to add to the other HOB filter already going. Heres what it looks like now. What do you think?

Im running two HOB filter with two filter pads and a biowheel in each one. I figured this would be enough.. I think Ill throw some bioballs into the HOB's. Thanks for the help guys. I would add LR or LS but I dont want to prolong this anymore.

I was under the impression Liverock will suffer severe die-off and will do nothing but increase my levels from its die-off?

Could I use a peice of rock? Wont putting LS or LR in the tank cause die-off considering the sg is still at 1.009?

Ive been doing 40% water changes everyday and cannot get these numbers down. Mostly the worry is the nitrates at 80 and nitrites at 2. What to do? Also, these fish dont seem to be too large for the tank atm as they are all still in their juvi stage with the exception of the koran which is...

So best to just keep doing water changes? Could I throw in some cheato in the one of the HOB to take care of the enormously high nitrates?

Meh I figure if your going to put a trigger in there why not the slowest growing one... So the huma, if you must have a trigger is your best bet. The tang... Man, blue tangs are beautiful yet they need swimming room, they get big. May I suggest a smaller tang such as a kole tang or even a...

Ahh, makes sense. But why after 18 days am I seeing problems with the water quality? I mean the params up until now have been near wonderful. Why all of the sudden did they skyrocket?

Its been setup since the 7th. It was cycle using filter pads from the DT as well as the water. Im running two HOB filters, one is rated up to 55g and the other up to 20g.

My emergency QT is halfway through its hypo process, and I am having a really hard time keeping the params in check. I just did a 40% water change and have these readings! Ph - 8.2 Nitrates - 80 Nitrites - 2 Ammonia - 0 SG - 1.009 Current tankmates are.. Koran(3") Puffer(2") Lunar wrasse(1.5")...

Dude, your amazing. Ive had a 90g RR tank and been trying to find a good way to do the rockwork. Its a pain in the butt having that overflow where it is, and I must say yours is wonderful. Free bump for a sweet setup. Ps if you could email me some more pics of that rockwork, its really...

Having a hard time getting him to eat. Ive tried mysys,krill, seaweed clip, glass shrimp,flake,soaked everything in garlic. Tried it with the lights off. Its been about 4-6 days since I got him. Any suggestions? He currently is VERY VERY FAT.

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I have two lighting setups I would love more then anything to get out of my garage. 1. Coralife 65w 24" 10k/actinic'03 - $25 + shipping 2. Coralife lookalike 65w 24" 10k/actinic'03 - $18 + shipping Im told these make wonderful refugium lights. Please add 3% handling fee.

Two are coralvu 400w 14k's. - mogul And two are Plusrite 400w 65k - mogul Two seem to be new and two are used. I can't attest to the exact usage on either. Ill do all four for $20+shipping. Heck, make em backup lights! email - dstoneburg@comcast.net Please add 3% handling fee.

Maybe 8 months old, used maybe 2 months total. Was ran on a QT tank periodically and thats it. Coralife Turbo-Twist UV Sterilizers are the most efficient devices for ultraviolet sterilization on the market today. They feature a quartz glass sleeve with a PL compact fluorescent UV lamp...