live rock

[troy989]

i got a biocube 29 is this enough live rock i want to have a reef tank with a few fish. also should i take out bioballs the person at the aquarium store said no. and if i doo wont i have to put somthing in the place?

 

[nissan577]

Well its really good to have around 25lbs of rock in a 29g. so i would add more.
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[nano-newb1983]

i would also get some turbo snails to take care of that hair alge

 

[troy989]

i just got a few snails but the peeps at the aquarium store said i since its only a few weeks old i should let it cycle. then when the algea started growing i got a few snals

 

[troy989]

i have 2 fish there hiding so u cant see them in the pic so when i put more in there should i just be rly careful

 

[nissan577]

first what fish? and how long have you had it cycling?
before you got to the fish or anything ask swf. and let us tell you whats good and bad. lfs just wanna sell you stuff. some of their knowledge is bad. another thing.
if they are damsels remove them and dont get them. they are aggressive

 

[troy989]

its a green cromis and a yellowatchman goby my lfs ppl are realy nice and they even say i should wait for it to finish cycaling .

 

[troy989]

they say the chromis will be fine and they have them in some of there reef display tank

 

[troy989]

if had the live rock in it for a little over two weeks i got it a some guys house it was in his tank though so i know it fully cured

 

[nissan577]

what is your water levels at?

 

[troy989]

ammonia and nitrite zero ph 8. somthin do i have to take the chromis back? im alrdyy atached

 

[nissan577]

what about nitrate? if trates are at 0ppm then no. you can have him. but test it well. we want the chromis to live. and is ph at 8.4?

 

[troy989]

idk i tested ph like a few days ago and im not sure what nitrate is i red in my reef book all u hade to know was nitrite aand amonia had to be zero and what should ph be? il go test now and post results i tested amonia last night
and nitrite

 

[troy989]

the tank is like 2 weeks old how much longer till it is stable and i can put coral in and my 2 true percs

 

[small triggers]

it can take anywhere from a week to 6 weeks to fully cycle a tank. Being that you added already cured live rock it should only take between 2-4 weeks i would suspect. BUT you must not have ANY ammonia or nitrites and PH should be in the normal range before you add anything. Fish can die suddenly when added to a tank that has not fully cycled. PATIENCE is best when it comes to adding things to a new tank. The good bacteria that accumilates goes under sudden shock when you add alot of bio-load at one time.

 

[troy989]

my amonia was 0 when i put my fish in its 0 now and ph is like 8. somthin around 8.4 and nitrites are 0

 

[nissan577]

yea. buts what your nitrates at? well what reef book do you have? nitrate is a major thing.

 

[troy989]

ill test it now but i gota eat il get back to u in about 10-20 mins

 

[nissan577]

ok.

 

[troy989]

i did the test but its wierd it came out purple and the colars on the slale are light blue-pink-red