Finally starting to get some life in the tank so I thought I'd show you all and see where it goes.
12/13/18(Day 1):
Today:
Temp: 78.6
SG: 1.026
Ph: 8
dKH: 9
Ca: 420
Mg: 1400
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0
Dose BRS soda ash and calcium chloride. For filtration I run Chemi-Pure Blue and Seachem Matrix in an Eheim Jager Classic 150 canister filter. I use a JARDLI inflow lily pipe w/ surface skimmer for intake used part of the Eheim outlfow for the return. For flow I got three Hydors, one 240 and two 565's. Aquaforest M8 94w for lighting. Fluval heater and the osmolator nano for ATO.
Over the last week I've put a few little mushrooms and a little zoa colony in there once the nitro cycle finished. Some pods. Started feeding some phyto. Just bare rock in there before.
Diatoms really started to pop in the last couple days. Might just be that time in the cycle or the fact that my RFA I got died after a couple days after I got it. I caught it early enough there wasn't a huge ammonia spike but there was ~.25 for a few days. All other parameters same as above.
What kind of clean up crew should I get? I was thinking one trochus and one turbo to start. What do you all think?
12/13/18(Day 1):
Today:
Temp: 78.6
SG: 1.026
Ph: 8
dKH: 9
Ca: 420
Mg: 1400
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0
Dose BRS soda ash and calcium chloride. For filtration I run Chemi-Pure Blue and Seachem Matrix in an Eheim Jager Classic 150 canister filter. I use a JARDLI inflow lily pipe w/ surface skimmer for intake used part of the Eheim outlfow for the return. For flow I got three Hydors, one 240 and two 565's. Aquaforest M8 94w for lighting. Fluval heater and the osmolator nano for ATO.
Over the last week I've put a few little mushrooms and a little zoa colony in there once the nitro cycle finished. Some pods. Started feeding some phyto. Just bare rock in there before.
Diatoms really started to pop in the last couple days. Might just be that time in the cycle or the fact that my RFA I got died after a couple days after I got it. I caught it early enough there wasn't a huge ammonia spike but there was ~.25 for a few days. All other parameters same as above.
What kind of clean up crew should I get? I was thinking one trochus and one turbo to start. What do you all think?