Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)

meowzer

meowzer

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OK...one suggestion....change the background to a solid black or blue...LOL
Those deco ones are for FW...I had them too...LOL
I like the way you have the rock though...
 
katsafados

katsafados

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3041177
OK...one suggestion....change the background to a solid black or blue...LOL
Those deco ones are for FW...I had them too...LOL
I like the way you have the rock though...

Blame my g.f haha, she picked it out I wanted to go with black to show the fish colour more but she said it would be to plain haha. But I'll show her this and will deff change it to black:p I need to buy that backgroun glue also dont remember what its called but it doesnt let light in and makes the background brighter (its only like 2$)
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3041179
Blame my g.f haha, she picked it out I wanted to go with black to show the fish colour more but she said it would be to plain haha. But I'll show her this and will deff change it to black:p I need to buy that backgroun glue also dont remember what its called but it doesnt let light in and makes the background brighter (its only like 2$)

I use tape....LOL...The background is nice (for fw), but it will take away from what you are doing...you want to show your corals and fish..you don't want to show the fake background, and that's what you will notice first.
 
katsafados

katsafados

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Well I was hoping to fill the tank with corals so that you wouldnt really see the background. But yeah I get what your saying, PLus the black will bring out the colour. How does that coral glue work to glue your corals to the rock? do you have to take the rock out of the tank before glueing or can iu just put clue on the bottom of the coral base and put it into the water and attach it to the rock?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I have been using aquamend...a lot of people use super glue gel...never seems to work for me....I don't take rock out...I wipe it off...maybe with a small brush to get loose stuff off, dry the bottom of coral..attach the aquament to coral..and place the coral where I want it...hopefully it sticks.....sometimes it doesn't...
 
swimmer4uus

swimmer4uus

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you put glue on the bottom of the piece you're gluing to the rock, then put it in water to form like this bubble, then you squish it to the rock. you'll get what I'm talking about when you start messing with it for yourself
 
katsafados

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Test results are pretty much the same:
Ammonia - 0.25 (a little higher then before)
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
pH - 8.0
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3041241
Test results are pretty much the same:
Ammonia - 0.25 (a little higher then before)
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
pH - 8.0
Remember you did some stirring today....so I would expect a little change
 
katsafados

katsafados

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Yeha its getting darker green now looks like green mountain dew haha
why dont my nitrate or nitrites ever change haha
 
katsafados

katsafados

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ammonia - green mountain dew
Nitrate - Almost clear
Nitrite - same colour
Guessing nitrate and nitrie is zero because those are the only colours that match on the chart.
and the test kit is marine lab
 
swimmer4uus

swimmer4uus

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first, your ammonia is gonna spike from things dying and the like. They'll decompose first into ammonia. Then, the bacteria that feed off ammonia will start to grow in population, and convert it to nitrite. nitrites will rise, and then the bacteria that feed on nitrites will start to rise in population. Then they'll convert that to nitrates, which will start to rise. then nitirate bacteria start to rise in population. as each population rises, the levels of testable chemicals will go down. your system doesn't actually have no ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates, but rather the ammount being produced, matching the ammount being used up by the bacteria. that make sense?
 
katsafados

katsafados

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Originally Posted by swimmer4uus
http:///forum/post/3041256
first, your ammonia is gonna spike from things dying and the like. They'll decompose first into ammonia. Then, the bacteria that feed off ammonia will start to grow in population, and convert it to nitrite. nitrites will rise, and then the bacteria that feed on nitrites will start to rise in population. Then they'll convert that to nitrates, which will start to rise. then nitirate bacteria start to rise in population. as each population rises, the levels of testable chemicals will go down. your system doesn't actually have no ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates, but rather the ammount being produced, matching the ammount being used up by the bacteria. that make sense?

Yeah I know how the cycle work haha I have a freshwater cichlid tank running also so its all pretty much the same thing:p Thanks for the detailed explaination tho
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3041255
ammonia - green mountain dew
Nitrate - Almost clear
Nitrite - same colour
Guessing nitrate and nitrie is zero because those are the only colours that match on the chart.
and the test kit is marine lab
IDK what marine lab is....When do you go to your lfs next? Just to be sure why don't you take some water to have it tested...a 2nd opinion never hurts
 
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