ryanhayes9's 75 gallon reef diary!

ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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i got problems this morning....
trate 5
trite 0
ammonia 0.5
ph 8.3
i think that it might be dieoff from the base rock that i boiled and the new live sand. its all new rock and new sand with 50 percent old water. i used the same filters and everything though. is the tank recycling?
HELP!
 
clintjj

clintjj

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It's more than likely the rock you boiled the new creatures are pushing the old and dead out. Look to see if you have little piles of white powder looking stuff around your rock. If so just keep cleaning it out everyday until it's no longer present. This is a good sign it's just a pain getting rid of the old and ready for the new.
 
fedukeford

fedukeford

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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
i got problems this morning....
trate 5
trite 0
ammonia 0.5
ph 8.3
i think that it might be dieoff from the base rock that i boiled and the new live sand. its all new rock and new sand with 50 percent old water. i used the same filters and everything though. is the tank recycling?
HELP!
i hate to say it but..... i told ya so
 
ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
my dad got me a 75 gallon for christmas early. in my 55 i am battling hair algae, not a lot just a little. so im going to buy all new live sand for my 75. Im boiling all of the lr which is mostly base rock which has not come to life. I wil then place it in my new 75 with te new sand and use a little less than halfof the water from the 55 cuz it has phosphates in it. so i have started to set it up wit te help of seth. we have boiled some of the base rock i am using as well as buying 35 more pounds of new base rock. here are some pictures fo te process. comments are welcome
new pics




 
nightstalk

nightstalk

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How did you get the rockwork to stay like that? and how old are you? j/w cuz im only 16 and im just getting into this too
 
1journeyman

1journeyman

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If you boiled all of your live rock you're going to have a complete new cycle I'm thinking. The boiling killed your bacteria.
Since that is the case, if you want true "live" rock, why not order some uncured rock and cycle thetank with that? The life you get off of uncured rock will be far better than you are ever going to have appear on your dead, boiled rock.
 
ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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Originally Posted by shogun323
Dan. How is your hand doing since the burn?
gping alright
got the new readings
ammonia 1.25
nitrite 0.25
what stage am i at in my cycle? what still has to happen?
note that this has happened over the course of 3 days
 
reef diver

reef diver

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Ryan I miss the feelin I had his summer when I was sting up mine I am 15 too. Hey love the rock, but id have to say I think you should make it look less sculptured. But thats JMO why did u boil ur rock?
 
ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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yeah me and seth were trying to make places for corals. i boiled all of the base rock from my old 55 recause it was covered in hair algae. but ended up not using it! now i have around 50 pounds of br on my porch!
 
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