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trigger40
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Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544326
I have 1 turbo snail and 3 nassarius snail 1crab so i need more CUC ?
that would be ok for a 10g IMO. but i would get some reef hermits and they will tear that stuff up.
Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544326
I have 1 turbo snail and 3 nassarius snail 1crab so i need more CUC ?
that would be ok for a 10g IMO. but i would get some reef hermits and they will tear that stuff up.
flower
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Hi,
Wow that's some beautiful rock pieces, but I think you need more rock... Cyanobacteria is caused from too many nutrients that are settling on the sand. You either need to not feed as much food so it isn't wasted and/or have more water flow so the stuff doesn't settle on the sand. You don't have to get a sand sifter goby, nassarius snails for example stir the sand as well. In a new tank, the brown algae will be on everything and go away on it's own, it's a normal stage
Wow that's some beautiful rock pieces, but I think you need more rock... Cyanobacteria is caused from too many nutrients that are settling on the sand. You either need to not feed as much food so it isn't wasted and/or have more water flow so the stuff doesn't settle on the sand. You don't have to get a sand sifter goby, nassarius snails for example stir the sand as well. In a new tank, the brown algae will be on everything and go away on it's own, it's a normal stage
ronney78
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Hi,
Wow that's some beautiful rock pieces, but I think you need more rock... Cyanobacteria is caused from too many nutrients that are settling on the sand. You either need to not feed as much food so it isn't wasted and/or have more water flow so the stuff doesn't settle on the sand. You don't have to get a sand sifter goby, nassarius snails for example stir the sand as well. In a new tank, the brown algae will be on everything and go away on it's own, it's a normal stage
Yes need to buy more but this rock are $ 8.00 for pounds
Wow that's some beautiful rock pieces, but I think you need more rock... Cyanobacteria is caused from too many nutrients that are settling on the sand. You either need to not feed as much food so it isn't wasted and/or have more water flow so the stuff doesn't settle on the sand. You don't have to get a sand sifter goby, nassarius snails for example stir the sand as well. In a new tank, the brown algae will be on everything and go away on it's own, it's a normal stage
Yes need to buy more but this rock are $ 8.00 for pounds
flower
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Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544349
Yes need to buy more but this rock are $ 8.00 for pounds
I also hand picked each piece of rock, some pieces were $10.00 per pound.... base rock isn't as pretty, but Jay is correct, it will be seeded by the live rock you already have and it's much, much cheaper. You need the surface area of the rock for the good bacteria to grow on. The pretty purple coraline algae will spread too.
Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544349
Yes need to buy more but this rock are $ 8.00 for pounds
I also hand picked each piece of rock, some pieces were $10.00 per pound.... base rock isn't as pretty, but Jay is correct, it will be seeded by the live rock you already have and it's much, much cheaper. You need the surface area of the rock for the good bacteria to grow on. The pretty purple coraline algae will spread too.
beaslbob
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Kill your lights and stop all feeding until the sand is clean. Then resume with less lighting and feeding and adjust until the corraline thrives but the uglies don't come back.
FWIW I would also add macro algaes in some kind of refugium (even just a tank partition) also.
my .02
FWIW I would also add macro algaes in some kind of refugium (even just a tank partition) also.
my .02
ronney78
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Kill your lights and stop all feeding until the sand is clean. Then resume with less lighting and feeding and adjust until the corraline thrives but the uglies don't come back.
FWIW I would also add macro algaes in some kind of refugium (even just a tank partition) also.
my .02Ok thaks
FWIW I would also add macro algaes in some kind of refugium (even just a tank partition) also.
my .02Ok thaks
trigger40
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Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544400
excuse me but what is the base rock? Like i say need in saltwater tank
its rock that does not have all the good bacteria on. it hase a little but not enough.
Originally Posted by ronney78 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544400
excuse me but what is the base rock? Like i say need in saltwater tank
its rock that does not have all the good bacteria on. it hase a little but not enough.
geridoc
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Originally Posted by trigger40 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544403
its rock that does not have all the good bacteria on. it hase a little but not enough.
Base rock is dead rock, it has none of the nitrogen processing bacteria present. It is commonly used in conjunction with live rock (which has the bacteria as well as a host of cryptic creatures, many of which contribute to the successful complexity of the tank ecosystem). Base rock will become live over time, but is less expensive to purchase so people commonly use both to limit the total cost of rock.
Originally Posted by trigger40 http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544403
its rock that does not have all the good bacteria on. it hase a little but not enough.
Base rock is dead rock, it has none of the nitrogen processing bacteria present. It is commonly used in conjunction with live rock (which has the bacteria as well as a host of cryptic creatures, many of which contribute to the successful complexity of the tank ecosystem). Base rock will become live over time, but is less expensive to purchase so people commonly use both to limit the total cost of rock.
trigger40
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Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544410
Base rock is dead rock, it has none of the nitrogen processing bacteria present. It is commonly used in conjunction with live rock (which has the bacteria as well as a host of cryptic creatures, many of which contribute to the successful complexity of the tank ecosystem). Base rock will become live over time, but is less expensive to purchase so people commonly use both to limit the total cost of rock.
well to an extent ther dead but i find it very unlikely that ther is nothing on ther that is alive. live rock hase a bunch of different good bacteria but bass rock only hase a few. at least that is what i am garentied from my lfs.
Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/397604/help-please#post_3544410
Base rock is dead rock, it has none of the nitrogen processing bacteria present. It is commonly used in conjunction with live rock (which has the bacteria as well as a host of cryptic creatures, many of which contribute to the successful complexity of the tank ecosystem). Base rock will become live over time, but is less expensive to purchase so people commonly use both to limit the total cost of rock.
well to an extent ther dead but i find it very unlikely that ther is nothing on ther that is alive. live rock hase a bunch of different good bacteria but bass rock only hase a few. at least that is what i am garentied from my lfs.