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I think they meant something like an inkbird or smart temp. Heaters are timebombs and will eventually break. A monitor/controller is a bit of insurance.Thank you! By controller do you mean something different than what comes with the heater? There's a little control box where I set my desired temp already
Siphon it out. Don’t go deep sand bed on a nano tankI want to looking at it now I have a ton of sand, I don't even know if my rocks are touching bottom. How would I go about doing that now?
I just scooped it out with a cup and drained the water back in. Will update with pics in the amSiphon it out. Don’t go deep sand bed on a nano tank
Got it. I’ll definitely look into oneI think they meant something like an inkbird or smart temp. Heaters are timebombs and will eventually break. A monitor/controller is a bit of insurance.
On the subject of heaters 100w seems excessive for your tank.
What fish would you recommend?Oh and you mentioned adding certain utilitarian fish to eat coral parasites...there won't be any coral parasites in the tank though so that's not necessary.
Wow this is great! I’ll most likely follow this to the T thanks!Oh gosh, no, I did not interpret that from the BRS series on that at all lol. The ones I saw regarding this method were back when they did the BRS/WWC hybrid tanks. Some obscure advice in that series.
@leroytheboi, with a tank that small, I would do something like this:
Week 1 - 3
- lights off
- no corals
- no fish
- continue as you are doing
- grab a small piece of live rock from your LFS to add some beneficial critters to the tank. - golf ball size is fine
Week 4
- lights off
- no corals
- no fish
- bring a water sample to LFS or test yourself with a kit. I recommend the Salifert kit for NO3 (nitrate) to start.
If your LFS says good to go or your Salifert test is dark purple:
- do a 50-60% water change
- add a damsel or two (some cheap fish to keep some nutrients and poop in the tank)
- start feeding damsel a small amount daily
Week 5-7
- lights on at a low level for a photoperiod of 1-hour ramp up > 7 hours at 10-20% > 1-hour ramp down
- no corals
- say hi to damsel every day
- also, cry because your tank is ugly, and you have either algae, dinos, or cyano
- start doing 1-gallon water changes every week and practicing good husbandry like scrubbing algae/dino/cyano off rock and substrate etc.
Week 8-12
- lights on at a medium level for a photoperiod of 1-hour ramp up > 7 hours at 30-50% > 1-hour ramp down
- no corals
- sing to damsel every day
- cry a little less because you are past one of the algae/dino/cyano stages, and you finally have some confidence in yourself
- keep doing 1-gallon water changes every week and practicing good husbandry like scrubbing algae off rock and substrate etc.
Week 13-16
- hopefully, by this point, cyano is gone just from you having excellent habits of weekly water changes and testing
- net the damsel(s) and return to LFS - sing them a goodbye song
- get a few cheap corals
- get a clownfish to replace the damsel
- lights on at a medium level for a photoperiod of 1-hour ramp up > 7 hours at 30-50% > 1-hour ramp down
- monitor the tanks levels to make sure you aren't adding too much at once
- start aiming for a stable alkalinity, something matching your salt of choice
- keep doing 1-gallon water changes every week and practicing good husbandry like scrubbing algae off rock and substrate etc.
- if all is well at this point, its about stability in your parameters
With a 7 gallon tank you can't fit too much...most people probably wouldn't recommend adding more than a clown or two and some type of small goby...I'll let your LFS advise you on specific livestock. Is there anything in particular you had in mind?What fish would you recommend?
I wanted 2 clowns, a shrimp, a snail or two. I'll add a gobby to the list. Thanks!With a 7 gallon tank you can't fit too much...most people probably wouldn't recommend adding more than a clown or two and some type of small goby...I'll let your LFS advise you on specific livestock. Is there anything in particular you had in mind?