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Wow nice pic. What that in the first one?

Originally Posted by florida joe i would go with a cuc add a small piece of shrimp monitor if your levels remain stable you are ready to start working up your live stock list What should my cuc be? I don't want to go overboard and the critters starve. I going monday to buy my first cuc and...

Originally Posted by florida joe The bio filtration growth as we know is predicated on the amount of breakdown. Not knowing how much he is feeding opens the possibility of a small population of nitrification bacteria. Now he stops feeding this bacteria and the population diminishes his readings...

Originally Posted by JAXFishGirl I remember. What lr did you end up getting? Glad you got your tank up and running! Well I couldn't make up my mind so I got my LR from my lfs, 20lbs of Caribbean and 30lbs of premium Fuji LR

Originally Posted by florida joe I am going to disagree with stopping the ghost feeding until your post some more info. How high was your ammonia spike? What did you use to start your cycle? How much did you ghost feed and how often. When are you planning on introducing your first fish? I...

Hello I sent you a pm a while ago it was about the LR. Well I'm caught up on all 50 pages and your tank looks great. I see you are up grading that is great. As for my tank I just started 4 weeks ago and everything is at 0ppm and my ph is 8.0 so I'm so happy

Originally Posted by abeandlulu I would stopp ghost feeding. You say "live rock" was it from another tank or was it dried out? Yes I got my LR from my pet store right out of the tank. This is my second tank my first tank was a FO aggressive tank. So should I wait til my bloom before I get a cuc?

Originally Posted by abeandlulu What size is you tank? What do you have in it, sand, live rock? I have a 55g with 50lbs of LR and 3"LS. I'm still ghost feeding should I stop or not? I haven't had a algae spike yet.

Originally Posted by abeandlulu How long has it beeen cycling? Its been four weeks now and I also been gost feedind.

I am so happy everything is at 0.0ppm!!!! And my ph is at 8.0. I still haven't had my algae bloom yet should I be worried?

Originally Posted by SpendingDough Hi everyone, It has been a while since I have been active on the boards I thought maybe some people might like to see the progress on my 240G system. I don't think my original build thread is available so just a quick update. Our tank conditions deteriorated...

Originally Posted by IbanEz Get used to the idea, sooner or later, you will get pests in your tank, just qt everything and inspect it real good. I guess you're right. Lol. I will keep everyone posted after all the cycle

Originally Posted by Stanlalee those particular hydroids pictured are harmless (there's no real way to remove them. the only ones you can see are those stuck on the glass and they usually disappear shortly after the lights come on. In time numbers dwindle and they will disappear on their own)...

Originally Posted by IbanEz 15 posts per page is just crazy. Lol!!! Thanks for the info. I'm in my first cycle so I have a few more weeks before I get my first fish. I was thinking of seeding my tank with a bottle of copepods and getting a reef package. Should I do that first or get corals...

Originally Posted by meowzer +1 on Cranberry.....the hitchhiker QUEEN :) amongst other things...... I just realized we didn't mention.....hydroids are not good...you want to remove them copepods, isopods and amphipods are good to have OH NO...... How do I know when I have hydroid? I'm...

Originally Posted by IbanEz Ya beat me. Wow!!!! Now are any of these critters a nuisance?

Originally Posted by IbanEz Could be hydroids too, do they look like little snowflakes? I'm sorry what are hydroids and what do they do?

Originally Posted by meowzer copepods.....a normal part of the life in an aquarium..... Oh ok I just thought copecods were brown or like a tan color.

I'm new to the saltwater hobby. Some things I understand and a lot of things I don't. I love the ocean reefs so much that I want to create one of my own. My tank has been setup for about a week now with live rock/sand. Ever since I put the sand and rocks in the tank I've been seeing these very...

Originally Posted by Flower LOL...true...What was I thinking. Glad you are there looking out...The ammonia has to spike and then go back down to 0. Yes ghost feed, or better yet get some frozen shrimp and put that in there....the rotting shrimp will give it a good kick start...test every day...