Well then it's a good thing she has one cause she is the only other person I know that has one. How long should I leave it in her tank? It's not going to be the same type of filter that she has on her tank so can I just put the peace in her display?
The 75gal reef tank cycle has started!!!!!!!
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Quite honestly I don't know. But if it is a filter that doesn't have any bacteria I would expect it to take at least a week maybe longer. I know when I started my QT I like Grins just did a lot of water changes and lot of water. The bad part about that is that you have to match pH, temp etc etc. or you'll actually end up stressing the fish out more. Maybe someone else will chime in that has actually figured that length of time out..
Ha, I found your problem..
Your sitting in front of your tank putting a puzzle together.. your just asking to go insane aren't you?
Your sitting in front of your tank putting a puzzle together.. your just asking to go insane aren't you?
That is my GF project. You see I like to make the peaces of my puzzles as you can see.:O) LOL I think it might be a control thing. LOL Ya think!
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I have a question. Why do some people keep there tanks at 1.024? The meter that I am using (Plastic Coralife Deep Six meter that I know isn't the greatest) says to keep it between 1.020 and 1.023. Can anyone tell the reason for the SG of 1.024? I read something about a lower SG was easier on the fish because they don't have to proses so much salt.
Many places in the world were corals grow actually live in water with higher salinity, some places as high as 1.030. From what I was told, and not sure how true it is, if you average the salinity of the entire ocean, it comes out to 1.025 so that is usually the number people use for a reef aquarium.
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Thinks for the link I needed something to read. If you have any other cool pages please feel free to send more link. Thanks. I have to say that if it wasn't for this site I wouldn't be able to do this. I love the idea that at any time there is a live person somewhere on here that can answer a question for me.
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OK so the tank is at 1.024. and temp is holding at 77.2 degrees. I have to say that is getting allot clearer in there. I'm already staring in to it looking at the sand all the little shells that came in the sand. I even threw some coral and shell that I got while on a cruse to the Caribbean just so I could look at some thing and to see how clear it is getting.
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OK so the tank is at 1.024. and temp is holding at 77.2 degrees. I have to say that is getting allot clearer in there. I'm already staring in to it looking at the sand all the little shells that came in the sand. I even threw some coral and shell that I got while on a cruse to the Caribbean just so I could look at some thing and to see how clear it is getting.
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Looking a LOT clearer.. Now comes the hard part.. Waiting and Patience. Get about 8 rubber bands and put them on your wrist. When you want to buy something and you know its to soon pull it back like 10 inches and let go.. Worked for Larry Hagman and smoking right?
LOL I know. Well it's not like I don't have anything else I can do. I still have to setup the QT tank. I also promised my GF I would now make a sump for her 20 gal. Plus my pocket can use a break. We still have to get LS and LR. So I still have stuff to do. That's what I like about his there is always something to do. I like it a hell of allot more then watching TV and I like TV.
