high levels of phosphate..

[Brian Kim]

pictures please! lol i was going for the innovation fusion 40 but was so expensive

 

[Albz]

what lights? kessils ?? and about the magnet cleaner, what kind you have it? like how big lol. need to buy one haha( what a noob pointless question hah)

 

[Brian Kim]

not a pointless question at all. That's a Maxspec Celestial and I have a tunze magnet cleaner

 

[Albz]

not a pointless question at all. That's a Maxspec Celestial and I have a tunze magnet cleaner

that looks nice!!! expensive though lol.. Im looking into prime hd led but pricy too! is the cleaner good??

 

[Albz]

do you have a clown in the tank?? i think i see it right side.. what kind is it???

 

[Brian Kim]

that looks nice!!! expensive though lol.. Im looking into prime hd led but pricy too! is the cleaner good??

Honestly, not worth the extra $...Primes are good

 

[Brian Kim]

do you have a clown in the tank?? i think i see it right side.. what kind is it???

Pair of snowflakes, I also have a goby paired with a pistol shrimp

 

[Albz]

Pair of snowflakes, I also have a goby paired with a pistol shrimp

i lvoe snowflakes! This week I'm getting wyoming white and picasso pair. A breeder selling them to mee. He said they love each other and get along very well! the wyoming white looks awesome.. the goby and shrimp relationship is so awesome. saw some videos of them!!! I want a colourfull fish though, was thinking of a damsel thats bright blue and yellowish! but heard they are hard to catch... But they eat algae right?

 

[Frop]

So my cycle is completely done.

My Nitrates were like 80ppm

Seems like the cycle isn't finished if the nitrates are at 80? o_O

P.s. The magnet glass cleaner I got scratches my glass :( I think it traps sand and then drags it leaving scratches (I try not to clean near the sand bed anymore). I'm never going to use one again. Thankfully my tank is just a cheapy.

 

[ReeferBob]

Your tank is a little bit too early for fish or coral having just completed the cycle. Usually you should wait 30 days before adding any fish and 6 months before corals. You will need to really watch your water parameters and probably do a lot of water changes. Small tanks are harder to keep balanced.

 

[Albz]

Seems like the cycle isn't finished if the nitrates are at 80? o_O

P.s. The magnet glass cleaner I got scratches my glass :( I think it traps sand and then drags it leaving scratches (I try not to clean near the sand bed anymore). I'm never going to use one again. Thankfully my tank is just a cheapy.

Did big water change and nitrates came down to 3ppm so..

 

[Frop]

Did big water change and nitrates came down to 3ppm so..

To me it seems like changing the water to reduce nitrates isn't the same as having bacteria to reduce nitrates. Need to have bacteria population to handle future fish.

 

[donnievaz]

To me it seems like changing the water to reduce nitrates isn't the same as having bacteria to reduce nitrates. Need to have bacteria population to handle future fish.

You're talking about 2 different sets of bacteria. He's already got the nitrifying bacteria colony going. That's the one that's crucial before fish can go in. It converts ammonia to nitrite, then nitrite to nitrate. At that point the nitrate can be exported by water changes or a refugium. There are bacterial means to remove the nitrate such as carbon dosing but it's not required to have a thriving reef tank.

 

[donnievaz]

You're talking about 2 different sets of bacteria. He's already got the nitrifying bacteria colony going. That's the one that's crucial before fish can go in. It converts ammonia to nitrite, then nitrite to nitrate. At that point the nitrate can be exported by water changes or a refugium. There are bacterial means to remove the nitrate such as carbon dosing but it's not required to have a thriving reef tank.

Forgot to mention chemical filtration as a method to remove nitrates as well but I don't think they're particularly effective.