high nitrates and large % water change
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spanko
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For the short time your rock and coral would be out of water would not harm them. Here take a look at this, kind of long but worth the view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
natclanwy
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Originally Posted by taznut
http:///forum/post/3057793
kinda a random question but, who do you do a 50% WC, if i tried that half of my rock and corals would be out of the water... i assume this is not good???
The only organisms that I can think of off the top of my head that would be negatively impacted by being out of the water is a sponge and some types of gorgonians.
http:///forum/post/3057793
kinda a random question but, who do you do a 50% WC, if i tried that half of my rock and corals would be out of the water... i assume this is not good???
The only organisms that I can think of off the top of my head that would be negatively impacted by being out of the water is a sponge and some types of gorgonians.
salt210
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None of my rock was out of the water. the way it is stacked it does go above the halfway point in the tank.
my reading dropped to between 15-20ppm.
natclanwy- I believe that your guess on the total water volume is correct:
there is the 210g for the tank, the water in the remote sandbed(10-15g), then the 25-30g in the sump.
my reading dropped to between 15-20ppm.
natclanwy- I believe that your guess on the total water volume is correct:
there is the 210g for the tank, the water in the remote sandbed(10-15g), then the 25-30g in the sump.
taznut
Active Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3058008
For the short time your rock and coral would be out of water would not harm them. Here take a look at this, kind of long but worth the view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
thats insane... wish i lived near by so i could pick up some and toss them in tank... LOL
http:///forum/post/3058008
For the short time your rock and coral would be out of water would not harm them. Here take a look at this, kind of long but worth the view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
thats insane... wish i lived near by so i could pick up some and toss them in tank... LOL
spiderwoman
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If you don't want to go with Vodka dosing and can't get your nitrates down, you might want to look into Sulfur Reactors. They will bring the nitrates down slowly, but surely. Quite a few of our FOWLR hobbiests are running those in large tanks.
soulsigma
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3058008
For the short time your rock and coral would be out of water would not harm them. Here take a look at this, kind of long but worth the view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
I am on my way with an empty suitcase lol
adiós
http:///forum/post/3058008
For the short time your rock and coral would be out of water would not harm them. Here take a look at this, kind of long but worth the view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOBqEPX6GM
I am on my way with an empty suitcase lol
spiderwoman
Active Member
Thanks for sharing. That was pretty amazing. Everybody always says not to expose Linckia's to air (or other star fish either) and sure enough those guys looked pretty alive and sitting under the baking sun.