A friend of mine has been having a hell of a time keeping her water parameters in check. Her 29g SW tank been going for a yr now, and other day she called and said her fish were dying. I tested water, and detected nitrites. She said she just did a water change, but water was staying cloudy. I told her that's cause of bacterial die off.
So here's what I kno, even tho her tank been setup for a yr, her nitrification cycle still not well established. In meantime, I lent her my canister filter off my reef, that has good bacteria in it, and her tank doing great now. But I'll b taking it bak soon. Her setup is a hang on Aquaclear for up to 50g, a small hydor powerhead, and a pretty thick sand bed, 40# of live sand she said. I gave her some live rock from my reef in hopes to help the bio filtration problem.
I told her more live rock, and higher flow filtration should do it. But Any other suggestions on getting her tanks bacteria in check? she wants to by some corals from me, but not till tank stable?
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So here's what I kno, even tho her tank been setup for a yr, her nitrification cycle still not well established. In meantime, I lent her my canister filter off my reef, that has good bacteria in it, and her tank doing great now. But I'll b taking it bak soon. Her setup is a hang on Aquaclear for up to 50g, a small hydor powerhead, and a pretty thick sand bed, 40# of live sand she said. I gave her some live rock from my reef in hopes to help the bio filtration problem.
I told her more live rock, and higher flow filtration should do it. But Any other suggestions on getting her tanks bacteria in check? she wants to by some corals from me, but not till tank stable?
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