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coastie5685
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i plan on removing bio balls. n the blue sponge ? ... if i remove the two. what exactly is it i buy to replace them?....
coastie5685
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Originally Posted by cal559
http:///forum/post/2927826
Always run carbon or chemi-pure elite in your tank and replace every 6 months...sponges should be changed weekly...instead of bioballs i run seachem purigen and replace this every 4-6 months...and that's it.
take out bioballs... buy mesh bag... fill with seachem purigen?... how much do i fill. enough to fil entire middle chamber...? and blue sponge replaced every week? really? what can i do to mod the sponge?
http:///forum/post/2927826
Always run carbon or chemi-pure elite in your tank and replace every 6 months...sponges should be changed weekly...instead of bioballs i run seachem purigen and replace this every 4-6 months...and that's it.
take out bioballs... buy mesh bag... fill with seachem purigen?... how much do i fill. enough to fil entire middle chamber...? and blue sponge replaced every week? really? what can i do to mod the sponge?
coastie5685
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and still keep filter cartridge in the right chamber correct?
coastie5685
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ok... removed bioballs... stuffed a small bag of chemi-pure elite in middle chamber. and filter floss above chemi-pure to fill extra space..
finally got test kits..
params as follows...
pH- 7.7
nitrite -<0.3 mg/l
ammonia - 0mg/l
nitrate--0-5 ppm less than 5
all i could manage to test for ... the kit i purchased has a test for KH but a little confused on how to get the reading any one can help??
just added feather duster ... and two frags of xenia coral.
finally got test kits..
params as follows...
pH- 7.7
nitrite -<0.3 mg/l
ammonia - 0mg/l
nitrate--0-5 ppm less than 5
all i could manage to test for ... the kit i purchased has a test for KH but a little confused on how to get the reading any one can help??
just added feather duster ... and two frags of xenia coral.
lili13
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haha we jsut learned how to use ours too....you do what the instructions say...generally, add one drop, cap the tube, shake. Repeat after each drop until the water changes from blue to yellow. When that happens, you should be a chart that tells you the degrees and ppm. It should have a chart but in case it doesn't I'll re iterate ours here.
0-3 degrees (0-50 ppm) - Discus, Arowana, Elephantnose, Neons, Cardinals, Live plants
3-6 degrees (50-100 ppm) - Most tropical fish including angel fish, cichlids, tetras, botia and live plants
6-11 degrees (100-200 ppm) - Most tropical fish including swordtails, guppies, mollies and goldfish
8-12 degrees (140-200 ppm) - Marine fish and invertebrates
11-22 degrees (200-400 ppm) - Rift Lake Cichlids, goldfish, brackish water fish
Ours has ranged from 9-12 and the guy at the lfs said that that was great. I hope this helps.
0-3 degrees (0-50 ppm) - Discus, Arowana, Elephantnose, Neons, Cardinals, Live plants
3-6 degrees (50-100 ppm) - Most tropical fish including angel fish, cichlids, tetras, botia and live plants
6-11 degrees (100-200 ppm) - Most tropical fish including swordtails, guppies, mollies and goldfish
8-12 degrees (140-200 ppm) - Marine fish and invertebrates
11-22 degrees (200-400 ppm) - Rift Lake Cichlids, goldfish, brackish water fish
Ours has ranged from 9-12 and the guy at the lfs said that that was great. I hope this helps.
coastie5685
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lili lol awesome thanks for the help... ill refer to your chart..
adee sweet.. plantation is just a few cities over. im in p. pines. cg5685@ yahoo.com message me. and will be posting pictures of tank in a few...
also is the pH i posted a little off? 77? what can i do to make it ideal ) 81 or so?
adee sweet.. plantation is just a few cities over. im in p. pines. cg5685@ yahoo.com message me. and will be posting pictures of tank in a few...
also is the pH i posted a little off? 77? what can i do to make it ideal ) 81 or so?
adee
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i use a buffer to bring mine up.. it took two treatments but worked like a charm and was fairly inexpensive.
im on aol and yahoo.. nrok665@ aol and hfamily369@ yahoo, we will have to exchange shop info, were always looking for new shops to check out with the kids. How cool to have another person so close! This site seems to be hopping with Fl residents
im on aol and yahoo.. nrok665@ aol and hfamily369@ yahoo, we will have to exchange shop info, were always looking for new shops to check out with the kids. How cool to have another person so close! This site seems to be hopping with Fl residents
coastie5685
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coastie5685
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Originally Posted by saltn00b
http:///forum/post/2929719
well looks like the xenia is doing ok. it has inflated some. can you post a pic of your light set up?
maybe some other nano people can help him get his flow right. most of you are using koralia's ?
i have two 25x 10,000k white lights and two 25w blue acintic lights... the stock setupp... no other powerheads jus yet... soon though.
any opinions on how manyhours a day of which lighting to give the xenia
http:///forum/post/2929719
well looks like the xenia is doing ok. it has inflated some. can you post a pic of your light set up?
maybe some other nano people can help him get his flow right. most of you are using koralia's ?
i have two 25x 10,000k white lights and two 25w blue acintic lights... the stock setupp... no other powerheads jus yet... soon though.
any opinions on how manyhours a day of which lighting to give the xenia
subielover
Active Member
I run my lights about 9 hours on both bulbs. About 11 hours actinics only, then the moonlights and my refugium lights through the night.
coastie5685
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sweet deall... got the koralia nano powerhead coming in... jst thought id put tht in my personal diary.