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fishieness
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pretty much any bottled water is purified with reverse osmosis. In one of the corners on the label is will say how. Reverse osmosis is a type of purification. so look for any jugs of water and see what they say. It will say all the different kidsn of purification used.
turnover rate is how much water is flowing. So in your case, since all you have is the filter, then you have a 290 gph turnover rate. In some tanks, the 12x you have is fine. But a powerhead of about 150 gph or so would prove benificial. I have a 29 gallon eclipse and used the 250 gph filter for a while with now powerhead. I added some live rock in there that wasnt entirely cured although i thought it was (smell your live rock to see if it is cured or not. if it smells like death, then it is not). From that little spike my pH went down to 7.3 and my snowflake eel almost died. It will also prevent algae blooms. That will run you about 25 bucks. or you can find a used one possibly at your LFS.
turnover rate is how much water is flowing. So in your case, since all you have is the filter, then you have a 290 gph turnover rate. In some tanks, the 12x you have is fine. But a powerhead of about 150 gph or so would prove benificial. I have a 29 gallon eclipse and used the 250 gph filter for a while with now powerhead. I added some live rock in there that wasnt entirely cured although i thought it was (smell your live rock to see if it is cured or not. if it smells like death, then it is not). From that little spike my pH went down to 7.3 and my snowflake eel almost died. It will also prevent algae blooms. That will run you about 25 bucks. or you can find a used one possibly at your LFS.
fishieness
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hahaha!! f1shman; you always beat me to it by a minute or two. lol
fishieness
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that depends on you. water from you LFS, if it already has salt in it, i believe this is what you are tlakign about, would be more expensive. I know that some that do sell tank water. This is good in the sence that there will be bacteria already in there to help the cycle. The only problem is it would only be good if they have good water quality. You might want to try a jug and sample it. If you buy it form the grocery store you will know that all the levels will be good to go. But if you are cycling your tank and there is nothing in there, AND you have the extra money, then your fish-store water would be good since you will have benifial bactera, and amonia and such to cycle your tank. But once it is sycled and if the water quality is bad, use store water.
if you do buy it form the store, then your alinity level should be between 1.022-1.024. even higher is good, but much lower is fatal to some inverts
if you do buy it form the store, then your alinity level should be between 1.022-1.024. even higher is good, but much lower is fatal to some inverts
fishieness
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by the way, sorry about not giving you a definate awnser on which is better. Some people have different opinions on the subjects, so i like to leave thigns open to discussion and let you decide, only giving you the pros and cons.
reefman22
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hey bookmark my site and check it out. thats where i will put my tank/livestock updates first that way u can c my progression like i can see yours this is the site www.mynanocube.4t.com
fishieness
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haha way to go man
im also 16. and also new at this. been doing it since january... i just spend hours a night here instead of doing my hw. hee hee. wouldnt change that for the world though
most people keep reef tanks at a salinity of 1.024-1.026
if they get too low, even to 1.021, then some inverts will die although your fish will still be perfectly fine.
many animals like anenomes, i believe are something like 95% water. or maybe that is jelly ifhs. either way, thats still a lot of water so a lot is changede from sudden salinity changes. this goes with salinity as well as just about everything in this hobby; go slow!
im also 16. and also new at this. been doing it since january... i just spend hours a night here instead of doing my hw. hee hee. wouldnt change that for the world though
most people keep reef tanks at a salinity of 1.024-1.026
if they get too low, even to 1.021, then some inverts will die although your fish will still be perfectly fine.
many animals like anenomes, i believe are something like 95% water. or maybe that is jelly ifhs. either way, thats still a lot of water so a lot is changede from sudden salinity changes. this goes with salinity as well as just about everything in this hobby; go slow!
fishieness
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oo!! by the way, you are goign to want to wait a few months before adding corals, and then starting with softies like mushrooms and polyps would be good since they are hardy as far as corals go. After your tank produces steady water quality and you try some hardy ones, you can go from there depending on how much light you have I do not have a nanocube though..... my chem teacher last year told me if i take AP chem, she will let me set up a fish tank for her in her class room! so im goign to be doing that..... so i have 2 quetsions on the cube... how much lighting does your have and for how much money?
sorry this wasnt as prompt as the others, i went downstairs to get some pie... then i was staring at my tanks for some more. hee hee
sorry this wasnt as prompt as the others, i went downstairs to get some pie... then i was staring at my tanks for some more. hee hee
f1shman
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Yup, I've had been into freshwater for about 4 years, but for 2 years of that I was just waiting for the fish to die so I could make it a reef tank, but I ended up just buying a new 40 instead. And I got my first saltwater tank xmas of 2002 i think. Ya I feel the same way, if you tell someone your young, they don't respect your information enough, but believe me I've researched a ton and have about 7 big books on saltwater lol. My favorite if your looking for a good book is Reef Life by Denise Nielsen Tackett & Larry Tackeet it really helps you learn about how reefs in the ocean work, it has all kinds of aweosme pictures and stories from these scuba divers that dive all the time and have learned that if you just slow down and look closer you see a ton.
fishieness
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wow!! thanks!! ill look into that!! i have a cable modem so my reserch has been stickly via the internet at the moment but have been waiting for a good book to role my way. i found a book while volenteering at the library that they were throwing out. Its old and stuff and has nothing in it about reef-tanks, but i took it anyways. not very good though...