30g Sw progress thread...

Ok, theres this black thing crawling on the new LR, i tried to get some pics of him, they arent very good, but here he is...

Also what is that red stuff growing on both peices of the LR?

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30-45#s would be good for most types of rock if you're looking for live filtration. Temp for live rock is the same as what you'll want the tank. Shoot for 78-81 although it can be a little bit out of that range for many species.
 
ammoina= 3ppm
nitrates= 20
nitiates= 0
ph= 8.0

Look like its close to being ready to add fish, i have removed the bag of shrimp which will bring the ammoina to 0 by tomorrow i would guess.


^ any I.D on that black thing, there is also another strange critter in the tank....
 
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Looks good...that big piece is 15lbs? Where'd you order it from?
Robbie
 
Did you cure the rock again? I think that might have cause my ammonia to spike... I bought pre-cured rock, and then the water clouded up, and the ammonia spiked... I dont know if it was because of the rock :huh:
 
wantvws said:
Looks good...that big piece is 15lbs? Where'd you order it from?
Robbie
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I got it from a company based out of IN, called premium aquatics. they were close and had good reviews. It was a fast, and good shiping. Yes its 15 lbs on fully cured tonga. Has alot of critters, i have no idea what they are. Ill go over there and look, and i seem to always find a different one. The link to the site isnt working, ill get it asap.
 
daayda3 said:
Did you cure the rock again? I think that might have cause my ammonia to spike... I bought pre-cured rock, and then the water clouded up, and the ammonia spiked... I dont know if it was because of the rock :huh:
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with both chunks of Lr i have in there the water never got cloudly. My ammonia is up because of the decomposing shrimp...

btw,

-what is a harmful lvl of ammonia for fish?

-How long does it take to turn ammonia into nitrites, and nitrites into nitrates?
 
I would say you want to keep your ammonia at 0 which should be hard if you have enough biological filtration going on. And once the nitrogen cycle has been completed, from what I understand, ammonia is converted into nitrites, is converted to nitrates almost instantly.
 
Kodiak said:
ammoina= 3ppm
nitrates= 20
nitiates= 0
ph= 8.0

Look like its close to being ready to add fish, i have removed the bag of shrimp which will bring the ammoina to 0 by tomorrow i would guess.


^ any I.D on that black thing, there is also another strange critter in the tank....
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i'm a bit confused on the readings. the nitrates are 20 and the nitrites are 0? but the nitrites were up before and now they are 0 and the ammonia is still up? that seems wierd to me..? should have seen ammonia spike followed but nitrites going up and ammonia going down, then ammonia at 0 and nitrites up and then going down... i'm confused about that but think you def need to wait a bit before thinking about fish. get the rest of your rock (i have 65# in my 37 and think it's just enough and the tank is tall) then get a cleanup crew and then after a bit get a fish... slowly, slowly, slowly... and the black thing is really too fuzzy for me to give you any idea of what it could be, sorry!
 
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