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What's gone wrong with your previous systems? Equipment is only part of the planning. You can have all the right stuff for the entirely wrong system. Start with what you want, and plan back from there.
un-controllable algae out breaks that literly would take over the tank in a matter of days. Fish would last about a month if I was lucky. it got to the point I tested water every day and all the levels read in tolerance. I just think the tank never fully cycled like it should have and had to many elements (live rock, sand, fish, coral) and the fish shop couldn't put there finger on the issue to help me so their answer was to cover it in blankets for a month, tear it down and bleach it and add more chemical. This time I am going simple and slow and use this forum for help. Already getting great advise after only an hour. thanks
Possible sick fish? And if you run high nutrients you'll have algae without skimmer and something to naturally take nitrate and ammonia out. Two things that hurt some fishies imo. If you can't or don't qt stuff find a local fish store and when they get a fish in either
A. See if they can hold it 2 weeks
B. Hope it doesn't sell and go check on it for 2 weeks lol.
welcome to the show.
get the wife involved.... let her name the fish.
This is THE key to survival in reefing...I tell my hubby NOTHING.Welcome... a little tip, to help save your marriage... very important to remember... never tell your wife how much things really cost!
my Mrs. names them as soon as they are out of the bag.Fish need to live long enough to get names first....A fish lasting a month in the previous tank was cause for celebration
Welcome! My advice would be to keep those chemicals that you’ve been stocking up on far from your tank. The only one I would recommend is bacteria. Also, quarantine your fish. It makes things so much easier. Take it slow and have fun, but remember that your marriage is more important than any hobby.I have been reading several posts here and finally figured it was time to make it official. After 2 years of fighting my tank (includes 2 complete tear downs and restarts of which 1 tear down was a complete bleach bath ) and sending a house payment of Fish to an unfortunate demise I (my wife) made the decision enough was enough and it was time to end this experiment for good.
I think the issue come in with me being a newby 2 years ago trying to learn and every time I had a conversation with the fish shop I got 3 different answers to the same question and I spent all my time buying the next best chemical to fix what ever issue I had. I don't think the tank ever got off on the right foot.
I have begged and got 1 more chance to get this right and need some help. Need a good reliable source and it appears R2R is the place for that.
Here is what is about to happen. To save some cost and try to use some of these chemicals I already have I just received my order of dry rock and dry sand (used Live rock and live sand last time which is all in a landfill). My plan is to get this set up and use AquVirto Seed (have 3 unopened bottles) to get the bacteria going and the cycling process underway. I also bought 2 Red Sea Mature Pro kits just in case the Seed option is the wrong path.
Equipment - 90 Gallon display tank / Eshopps Sump / RO 150 Skimmer / Dual Gyre Power Heads / Kessel AP 700 LED Lights / Apex system / ATO / Auto Feeder / RODI 4 stage BRS water filtration / all Hanna test equipment / More chemicals then I can count. I feel like I have good equipment from all the reviews I read on each piece.
I feel like I have a good understanding of how things should work and the cause and effects of the chemistry, just need a good starting point.
Any thoughts on this before I go down another wrong path?
Also should I be running the skimmer / carbon / GFO bags / NO3 Brick in the sump while cycling the tank.
Thanks and look forward to chatting.
This is THE key to survival in reefing...I tell my hubby NOTHING.