what to do?b

meowzer

meowzer

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why is everyone is such a rush these days.......if your tank is new....add the sand NOW.....then continue to wait for your iniital cycle to complete.......meaning ammonia and nitrites get to 0 and STAY there
then ADD CUC (clean up crew) a small amount...and test water.....after 1-2weeks if all is well add your FIRST (that means 1) fish......test some more...2 weeks later etc./.....etc.....etc
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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also, do i need to add another powerhead? right now i got small 10g powerhead, which doesn't move water too much.
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/387257/what-to-do-b/60#post_3407635
why is everyone is such a rush these days.......if your tank is new....add the sand NOW.....then continue to wait for your iniital cycle to complete.......meaning ammonia and nitrites get to 0 and STAY there
then ADD CUC (clean up crew) a small amount...and test water.....after 1-2weeks if all is well add your FIRST (that means 1) fish......test some more...2 weeks later etc./.....etc.....etc
I'm not in rush to add fish, just want to make sure i'm doing everything right this time.
Long story short. I had this tank for about 3 years now. 3 time's everything died in it. 1st time heater broke, then salt level was sky high and now i had ammonia spike. I don't want any of this stuff happening again, this why i'm asking many questions.
Front what i read on forum and got reply's from you here's couple mistakes i did before:
1. not enough water flow
2. bad filter
3. wrong placement of rocks
4. not enough water changes
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Just to expand your knowledge you can research building pvc tables to place the rocks on in a saltwater aquarium
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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Ok, i added about 15lb of live sand and bought 50gallon power head from top fin which is crap. Loud and weak, gonna return it tomorrow and get better one. So now i just wait for 1-2 weeks and do water change once a week and do water tests?
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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I found koralia power heads 425/550/750 gph and a difference between them is only few bucks. Which one would be the best to get?
 
luvmyreef

luvmyreef

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Actually, I have a koralia nano in my 10g. With the flow from the filter and this little pump, the tank has a lot of flow. :)
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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50 gallon powerhead whats that? is that like a rio with a straight flow out of the hole? if so its no good.korilia #1 is what i would get especially if you plan on a bigger tank.then you can use it in there.i have a 30 tall qt with 2 #3's and two hob filters.perfect flow :O) you can over do the flow just make sure you place the rock work in a way so the fish can get out of the mainstream if they want to.i have a couple mp40's bigtime powerheads and my tangs try to go head on and pick algae off the front.so fish can tank a huge amount of flow .better to have too much than not enough
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///forum/thread/387257/what-to-do-b/60#post_3407768
50 gallon powerhead whats that? is that like a rio with a straight flow out of the hole? if so its no good.korilia #1 is what i would get especially if you plan on a bigger tank.then you can use it in there.i have a 30 tall qt with 2 #3's and two hob filters.perfect flow :O) you can over do the flow just make sure you place the rock work in a way so the fish can get out of the mainstream if they want to.i have a couple mp40's bigtime powerheads and my tangs try to go head on and pick algae off the front.so fish can tank a huge amount of flow .better to have too much than not enough
ok, so my powerhead seems to be enough for now.
I want to thank everyone in this thread for helping me out, you saved me a lot of time and money and fish
 
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