Just started my new 36g Tank!
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siptang
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Thats how i do it lol.
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smallreef
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nope.. only ever took about 15 minutes of powerful water washing for me....
tirtza
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I agree with Meowzer, it's totally normal. I made the mistake last time of just plopping the new bag of Chemi-Pure in the sump and a black cloud came out of the output nozzel for a couple of minutes, and then it cleared up. Luckily it didn't hurt anything. I was soooo scared it would though!
When I do a weekly water change I always make sure to lightly rinse the bag of Chemi-Pure, black stuff still comes out even then.
When I do a weekly water change I always make sure to lightly rinse the bag of Chemi-Pure, black stuff still comes out even then.
aquaria
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I know i was too worried to just put it in the tank even after rinsing it for 45 min lol
I ended up going to the store and getting a new one and it is working just fine now!
I now have a poly-filter pad and a chemipure in there, I hope to see the nitrate and phosphate drop over the next couple of days
I ended up going to the store and getting a new one and it is working just fine now!
I now have a poly-filter pad and a chemipure in there, I hope to see the nitrate and phosphate drop over the next couple of days
aquaria
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3454923
Have you thought about using Purigen? I haven't been in this hobby for very long (only 6 months) but I was given some really great advice and started using it and it's worked great at helping to keep my water in good condition.
I was thinking about getting the purigen, at my lfs it was quite expensive so i ended up going with a combination of poly-filter and chemi-pure which was a bit cheaper!
At this point my tank is about 4 weeks going on 5 weeks now and the greyish diatom algae seems to becoming pretty abundant!
What can i add in my CUC right now, can i add an emerald crab yet or should i be waiting a little longer? Same with the cleaner shrimp?
Thanks everyone!
Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3454923
Have you thought about using Purigen? I haven't been in this hobby for very long (only 6 months) but I was given some really great advice and started using it and it's worked great at helping to keep my water in good condition.
I was thinking about getting the purigen, at my lfs it was quite expensive so i ended up going with a combination of poly-filter and chemi-pure which was a bit cheaper!
At this point my tank is about 4 weeks going on 5 weeks now and the greyish diatom algae seems to becoming pretty abundant!
What can i add in my CUC right now, can i add an emerald crab yet or should i be waiting a little longer? Same with the cleaner shrimp?
Thanks everyone!
lilclowns
Member
What about your nitrate, once these hit zero or extremely close to zero, you know your tank is ready
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Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3455857
I was fairly sure it was done cycling i haven't seen any ammonia or niTRITE for about two weeks after the initial level spikes!
How much longer do you think i should wait?
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Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3455857
I was fairly sure it was done cycling i haven't seen any ammonia or niTRITE for about two weeks after the initial level spikes!
How much longer do you think i should wait?
fixpc
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Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3456154
Ok, so i put a fairly large bag of Purigen in my filter last night and my niTRATE levels are about <5 right now
The algae is starting to turn my sand brown and get a little nasty.
What would you recommend would be the best to clean this up?
Thanks!
All you need is a good cleaning crew( snails and some hermit crabs) the Brown algae will go away and usually is replaced with green algae the fun never stops that's why this is a great time to get your cleaning crew in the tank until a thing that can help with the Brown algae is a phosphorous remover, phosphorus removers also removes silica the Brown algae in your tank feeds on silica
Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3456154
Ok, so i put a fairly large bag of Purigen in my filter last night and my niTRATE levels are about <5 right now
The algae is starting to turn my sand brown and get a little nasty.
What would you recommend would be the best to clean this up?
Thanks!
All you need is a good cleaning crew( snails and some hermit crabs) the Brown algae will go away and usually is replaced with green algae the fun never stops that's why this is a great time to get your cleaning crew in the tank until a thing that can help with the Brown algae is a phosphorous remover, phosphorus removers also removes silica the Brown algae in your tank feeds on silica
fixpc
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Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3456165
I might go pick up some hermits tomorrow then, would it be to early for an emerald crab?
yes it would be a little early in my opinion
Originally Posted by aquaria http:///t/389867/just-started-my-new-36g-tank/100#post_3456165
I might go pick up some hermits tomorrow then, would it be to early for an emerald crab?
yes it would be a little early in my opinion