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ATB USA · Jan 21, 2016

Welcome :cool: Glad to have you

Salty1962 · Jan 21, 2016

Welcome to R2R! Allot of knowledgeable people here..

Mandee · Jan 22, 2016

Thank you. I have much to learn still

Mandee · Jan 24, 2016

So the readings came out like this. I'm a little puzzled because I haven't done any water changes or anything and the nitrates are back at zero.
Any thoughts?

Diesel · Jan 24, 2016

No livestock is no nutrients is low or undetectable No3.
You are ready for your first fish.

Mandee · Jan 24, 2016

Do I wait to get a CUC after my first fish?

Diesel · Jan 24, 2016

Mandee said:
Do I wait to get a CUC after my first fish?

You can throw a CUC in there too.
Make sure you keep them fed as you don't have much in there yet that they can feast on I assume.

IGROZOAS · Jan 24, 2016

Nice build. Seems like you have some really good guidance here. I'm from Beacon NY. Where in NY are you from?

xenia30 · Jan 24, 2016

Drain it! Only way!

Mandee · Jan 25, 2016

IGROZOAS said:
Nice build. Seems like you have some really good guidance here. I'm from Beacon NY. Where in NY are you from?

You're not that far from me kingston

Mandee · Feb 3, 2016

Any idea what these purple spots are? I have a couple spots on the sand bed and also the rocks. I DIDN'T SEED the tank with live rock and I haven't introduced any coraline algae. Thank you

Smite · Feb 3, 2016

Can you wipe it off? Almost looks like cyanobacteria, but its hard to tell on my phone.

Mandee · Feb 3, 2016

The sand was easier had the stir it up. But the rock was really hard and had to take a razor blade

Diesel · Feb 3, 2016

Part of the cycling process.
You will see more of it if it is algae, if Cyano you can add more flow.
But in most cases it should disappear.
How is your livestock doing?