Cycling ???

[snailheave]

Originally Posted by keleighr
As long as you make a funny corpse then we are totally ON!!!!

omg necrophilia

 

[aquapro_1]

Cheap is a figurative word. To me it's "cheaper" to BUY an RO/DI machine than it is to use my tap & add chems to it. Not inferior product per say....
Also "TOP OF THE LINE" is figurative. Every product want to be sold, so it is a matter of OPINION. Every year it changes. Every year a new product comes out. Buy something you know. That is easy to assemble. And quality!! You want something to last.
It's like cars. I am not a guinie pig. I wait 3 yrs for the sucks to buy the car & for the company to correct all the problems with it.
That is way boards are fun. Get many opinions & veiws. Also you get the scoop on flaws. Companies never advertise the problems....Only the owner can tell you the hinest true....

 

[keleighr]

LOL

WOW
Where your mind can take you, must be amazing!!!

 

[snailheave]

it just wonders off to the never-never-land sometimes.
no aid from any substance either

 

[keleighr]

:hilarious
That's a good thing

 

[keleighr]

Ok here are my test results
Nitrate No_2 is 0.25
NO_3 is 5.0
Ammonia is 0.25 (still needs to come down some I know should be at 0)
and Ph is 8.0 (should be at 8.2)
Again I have live rock and live sand in there as well.

 

[snailheave]

so back to the original question.
i am going to guess a week or two. and then the inverts first to clean the dirty stuff, then fish.

 

[keleighr]

ok
sounds like a plan.

 

[keleighr]

ok I just looked up to see what a refugium is and No I don't have one of those.
Do you have a brand that you would recommend?

 

[snailheave]

do you have space under your stand and do you mind some DIY works?
all factors in the decision

 

[keleighr]

I definitley have a lot of space in the 80 gallon stand. And what in in the heck does DIY mean!!!!!!

 

[snailheave]

DO IT YOURSELF
do not lose the IT or it'll put me in a very difficult spot

 

[keleighr]

LOL
I thought so but I wasn't sure. Thought it might be something more technical.
I put the 80 up by myself.
I had the 36 gallon done for me and I just watched so that I could learn what I needed to do.
As long as come with pretty clear instructions I will be ok.
Ok what is an IT?????
LOL I need some help with the abbv!!

 

[snailheave]

in that case i think you should get the largest refugium that you can fit under your stand.
since your tank is already in place so i am guessing it's not pre-drilled with an overflow. therefore you probably need an external hang-on-the-back overflow that takes water from your main tank down to your refugium.
for the refugium itself, it's basically a sump with sections. some buy pre-made refugiums to save the trouble (me), some build their own.
there are many posts about it in the equipment section.

 

[darth tang]

IT as in the word it. Or the abreviation comes out as "do yourself"......which will cause Snail to have a stroke brought on by unforseen excitement. He can't handle much you know............

 

[keleighr]

OH MY...........................................

:hilarious

 

[snailheave]

I AM NOT THAT OLD. i am under 30!

 

[keleighr]

29 years 362 days is close enough

 

[snailheave]

YOUNGER THAN THAT STILL
unless they had my birthday wrong

 

[keleighr]

I am 33 years young!!!
Proud of it too.
But if you would of asked was I proud on my 30th I probably would have pimp slapped them!