Water changes??
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ruaround
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Originally Posted by NYTrillium
^^ very good advice.
I am fairly new too and everything i know ive learned from people on here. This is my first tank and i followed every bit of advice i was given and could find on here. If you have a question, search for it or ask. people are very helpful.
Thanks NY... for a second there I thought we were communicating via telepathy... we were posting virtually the same advice... and yes this forum/site is very good... there are ALOT of people on here with great advice...
^^ very good advice.
I am fairly new too and everything i know ive learned from people on here. This is my first tank and i followed every bit of advice i was given and could find on here. If you have a question, search for it or ask. people are very helpful.
Thanks NY... for a second there I thought we were communicating via telepathy... we were posting virtually the same advice... and yes this forum/site is very good... there are ALOT of people on here with great advice...
nytrillium
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with 75 lbs of sand you probably have a good 3" deep sand bed right? You dont want to be stirring up the sand too much as after the tank matures some, it can release extra nitrates and toxins into the water. Flow is the key. If you can get water to flow around your rocks and across the sand(gently) it will keep the detrius and diatoms and other junk suspended so that your filters can remove it.
nytrillium
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haha yeah... great minds think alike... repeat alike... er something like that.
procomp
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Originally Posted by ruaround
perhaps I need to explain a little more... gph = gallons per hour, and what I mean by turnover is how many times do your power heads and mechanical filtration pump 55 gallons per hour...
turning your tank 11 times per hour is 605 gph...
I was told on another post that I had 11.3 gph also here is a picture before adding 20lbs more LR.
perhaps I need to explain a little more... gph = gallons per hour, and what I mean by turnover is how many times do your power heads and mechanical filtration pump 55 gallons per hour...
turning your tank 11 times per hour is 605 gph...
I was told on another post that I had 11.3 gph also here is a picture before adding 20lbs more LR.
nytrillium
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looks like you have 2 power heads, one one each end of the tank and a hang on the back filter of some sort? Has to be way more than 11 gph. Check to see what hte ratings on the power heads are. it was probably 11x that you had
nytrillium
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yup... totals 620 gallons per hour... for a turnover of 11X per hour
nytrillium
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Depends on what your planning on having. If its just going to be fish with live rock your probably alright as long as you dont have any "dead spots" but if you wnat to have corals and other inverts. Its recommended at least having 20X or more.
nytrillium
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I just read one of your other threads and it sounds like your LFS may not be the most knowlegable. I would take what they say with a grain of salt and confirm anything they tell you on here before you go by their advice. There are a few of us that have decent LFS near us but there are many that have had horror stories with theirs.
nytrillium
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yeah... same here, looking forward to seeing the tank as it progresses.