Finished with the cycling process, live sand and live rock covered with green filamentous and red algae, can someone be kind to tell me what comes next?
40g finished cycle, now what?
- Thread starter Francisco
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Thanks,
Water stats:
as of 3-4-03
Sal= 33(ppt), 1026 Sp. Grav.
PH= 8.3
Am= 0
No2= 0
No3= 15
Temp= around 85 F
Tank is been cycling since January 03
Water stats:
as of 3-4-03
Sal= 33(ppt), 1026 Sp. Grav.
PH= 8.3
Am= 0
No2= 0
No3= 15
Temp= around 85 F
Tank is been cycling since January 03
You may want to take more current readings. Alot can happen in two weeks. Your specific gravity is a bit high, but I don't think it's too much to worry about. I'd definantly gradually lower your temp though, like about 2 degrees a day until you hit 79-81. I don't know how well organisms will thrive in a temperature that high.
Unfortunately there is nothing that I can do to lower the temperature, room is warm all year long, and chillers too costly and way too large for this tank's capacity I don't even want to deal with more installations under the tank, I'm just wondering if I should just leave this as a Semi reef or fish only setup.
The algae your are experiencing is a natural progression in the maturation of a SW tank. Keep feeding to a minimum and do frequent water changes with RO/DI water.
Brian
Brian
Fransico a small fan will do wonders in dropping your water temp. Justa small breeze running across the surface of the water should drop the temp to the desired range. No chiller needed.
Actually, the computer fans (available at Radio Shack) are very popular, since they are smaller, and are designed to run for long hours. You could easily wire it in to a temp controlled switch (like a thermostat), so that it kicked on when the temp was high but went off at lower temps. Be aware that this will dramatically increase the evaporation rate--you'll need to monitor it closely and add FW top offs more often. However, there are critters that will survive the higher temp--you may have serious problems locating them.