14 gallon biocube fw to sw conversion

[Reef Breeders]

And Im not gonna add more fish til a few days after the sand due to shipping delays.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Alright sand is in, fish is out.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Ammonia is gone, but as for the next stage in the ammonia cycle, nitrates are about 150 ppm, and nitrites 40 ppm. It'll go down any day now(hopefully), buy I dont need to worry too much, because as to my knowledge, nitrites/trates have little effect on fish, but devastate corals/anemones, so for now the tank is fish only.

 

[_Alex_]

nitrites and nitrates at high lvls can affect fish very much so!!

 

[subielover]

Sigh

 

[Reef Breeders]

Yes, but what I meant was that they have less of an effect on fish than on corals, and that fish are sometimes known to survive with high nitrite/nitrate levels. This is also temporary, as the ammonia cycle starts up so that levels stay steady at 0.

 

[_Alex_]

Adding fish during a cycle will just make the cycle take longer they add more ammonia to the system.

Yes, but what I meant was that they have less of an effect on fish than on corals, and that fish are sometimes known to survive with high nitrite/nitrate levels. This is also temporary, as the ammonia cycle starts up so that levels stay steady at 0.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Ok, cycle is improving, pH 8.2, kh: really high(too high to read, but I do know that high levels of a buffer can be good, but it depends) nitrites: 1 ppm, nitrates:15 ppm, ammonia:0ppm

 

[_Alex_]

How are high levels of a buffer good? If dkh is that high than wow stop adding buffer.

 

[Reef Breeders]

I dont keep adding buffer, I add about a teaspoon per ten gallons as directed then add more every three water changes. I never realized it was so high until a few days a go when I got a test kit for it. High levels of buffer can be good because they resist changes in pH, but I did not od on the buffer on purpose.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Okay, there is now a full cycle, the params are good. Idk for how long, bc I havent tested for a while until today.

 

[Seasonedreefer]

Just let it keep doing it's thing I wouldn't go adding a bunch of stuff right away patience is the key. On a side note im diggin the hawk.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Im not adding anything else until I get some lr, but I added my breeding pair of f percs a couple weeks ago when I deemed the params acceptable (nitrite 1, nitrate,10 amn, 0 etc.) And lol thanks, just wish my dog didnt like him so much. I have to lock my door or he sneaks in and I get a tank covered in dog drool.

 

[Reef Breeders]

And on a side note, Im getting a sump and refugium with two overflows today, I will keep you guys posted.

 

[RTMA]

nice setup there, will be cool to see how it matures. A few pieces of good quality LR will help. Nice hawk, just gave my longnose away, as he was getting too big for my tank.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Here it is now, I added a rock:

And my fm clown gets mad whenever I come near the tank, she should be breeding very soon.

 

[dougers31]

You probably want to have at least 18-25 lbs of live rock in there, but if you add more you would want to do it one piece at a time.

 

[Reef Breeders]

That piece was in my 45 for six months before I moved it there, and 18-25 pounds of lr in about 10 gallons of water is a little bit over what a tank with two fish needs, but I mighy get 15 lbs of nanno size dry rock.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Tank is doing great, now a FOWLR with my f perc pair in it.