And the process starts....
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1journeyman
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Just FYI, you can't mix CC and sand.
As has been mentioned, CC must be vacuumed. If you try to vacuum a CC/sand mix you'll suck out all of your sand.
As has been mentioned, CC must be vacuumed. If you try to vacuum a CC/sand mix you'll suck out all of your sand.
kynekke
Member
No pictures today, all you'd see is one CLOUDY tank! I removed the CC and put in some sand, it's dead now but I have some LS coming Monday. Anyway.. the smell! OOOOGH the smell is awful! It smells like something died in that room. Do I need to get rid of the water and replace it? Should the Activated Charcoal (err... is it Activated Carbon) make it smell better once I get it in the filter?
It smells like thousands of dead :happyfish
On the other note.. I called the SPCA on a LFS that's a nationwide chain. I went in there to get a heater anchor and they had anenome with their tentacles sucked into the filter... I complained and the manager said "Oh, we move them and they go back". My word people, they can't think and how can we expect them to know how to act around a filter? When's the last time she saw a filter out in the ocean.
They also had a Lion fish and for fun I asked the guy "So do they make good pets for kids?" He said "Yes! They are really great fish for a kid" :scared:
It smells like thousands of dead :happyfish
On the other note.. I called the SPCA on a LFS that's a nationwide chain. I went in there to get a heater anchor and they had anenome with their tentacles sucked into the filter... I complained and the manager said "Oh, we move them and they go back". My word people, they can't think and how can we expect them to know how to act around a filter? When's the last time she saw a filter out in the ocean.
They also had a Lion fish and for fun I asked the guy "So do they make good pets for kids?" He said "Yes! They are really great fish for a kid" :scared:
bountyhunter23
Member
idk i always have carbon running in my filter. (i have the same filter just smaller) and every thing seems fine. I just changed to sand too and its all cloudy too!!
kynekke
Member
Over the last few days I've added 3-4" of Dead Sand into the tank. Friday I get my 55lbs of Live Rock and Monday I get some Live Sand to start repopulating everything. Right now I'm just waiting for the dust to settle, it's pretty murky! My poor Rock Critters.
PH 8.4
Ammonia .4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Alk 7.5
Temp 79
PH 8.4
Ammonia .4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Alk 7.5
Temp 79
kynekke
Member
I got my rock! I organized and re-organized it on my floor and when I found a stable base with lots of flat spots for coral I decided to let it be (it's dead btw, wouldn't play with LR on my floor). One of these rocks is HUGE and very heavy, hard to maneuvre so it's staying put.
Do you think there's too much rock? I want a handful of fish and inverts along with a few small pieces of coral and I'd hate to think I didn't leave them enough room to swim. I can still clean behind the rocks but it's toward the back of the tank, leaving room in front for fish and friends.
How's the positioning? I tried for stability with lots of caves.
Ugh, my tank hasn't had clear water in 4 days since I put the sand in. I'm hoping that now that the rock is in and I'm just starting to cycle that it'll all clear down. Oh, more water is DI'ing so the top few inches will be full in a few hours.
BTW this rock is Argonite so it will be LR eventually, yay!
Do you think there's too much rock? I want a handful of fish and inverts along with a few small pieces of coral and I'd hate to think I didn't leave them enough room to swim. I can still clean behind the rocks but it's toward the back of the tank, leaving room in front for fish and friends.
How's the positioning? I tried for stability with lots of caves.
Ugh, my tank hasn't had clear water in 4 days since I put the sand in. I'm hoping that now that the rock is in and I'm just starting to cycle that it'll all clear down. Oh, more water is DI'ing so the top few inches will be full in a few hours.
BTW this rock is Argonite so it will be LR eventually, yay!
reefforbrains
Active Member
Originally Posted by Kynekke
too much rock?
never dare say such a thing!!!!!!
Nice work, tank is coming along nicely. Keep it up with the pics..
-RFB
too much rock?
never dare say such a thing!!!!!!
Nice work, tank is coming along nicely. Keep it up with the pics..
-RFB
lesleybird
Active Member
You can feed your feather dusters with Kent Micro-vert. A little bit every few days. Careful as it will polute the tank if you add too much. I also like something called DT's live plankton but it is expensive, hard to find, has a short shelf life and must be refrigerated. Lesley
rebelprettyboy
Active Member
do you plan on gettin anymore rocks? Tank is loking great
