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09-02-2008, 02:08 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
Posts: 133
|  My 20 gal critters are going in first...2 percs, 1 Pep shriimp. After that maybe just a Yellow tang. Then my focus will be corals mainly.
__________________ 46 Gal Freshwater: 4 Asst Angels, 2 Serpae Tetras, 2 Black Skirt Tetras, 4 Rosey Barbs, 1 Pleco 20 Gal Saltwater: 2 Percula Clownfish, 2 Astrea Snails, 7 Hermit Crabs, 1 Peppermint shrimp, Flame Zoo 75 Gal Saltwater: Clean up crew going: Turbo snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, and Astrea snails. Red Legged Hermits too. Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5's 6x54W |
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09-21-2008, 09:32 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
Posts: 133
| I'm about ready to give up. Over the past 2 weeks my tank has developed an outbreak of brown algae all over my rock, subsrtate, and glass. Also my nitrate level won't drop below 20 ppm. I thiunk the 2 are related but I can't seem to shake the problem. I've done water changes up the ass, tried cleaning everything, and my CUC doesn't even seem to touch the stuff. I am getting so p'd off!
__________________ 46 Gal Freshwater: 4 Asst Angels, 2 Serpae Tetras, 2 Black Skirt Tetras, 4 Rosey Barbs, 1 Pleco 20 Gal Saltwater: 2 Percula Clownfish, 2 Astrea Snails, 7 Hermit Crabs, 1 Peppermint shrimp, Flame Zoo 75 Gal Saltwater: Clean up crew going: Turbo snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, and Astrea snails. Red Legged Hermits too. Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5's 6x54W |
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09-21-2008, 10:25 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
Posts: 2,850
| its normal for new tanks to have brown algae and it should clear up.... about the nitrates not dropping below 20 for one try a differant testkit and also do larger water changes... still no corals right? if not try leaving the lights out for 3 or 4 days and that should help with the algae.... u cant give up without a fight! 
__________________ 125g Reef 72x18x22 - 250w mh's, MR-2 skimmer with panworld 150, Koralia #3 & #4, Phos reactor/rowaphos, ATO, DIY overflows, DIY 55g sump with fuge... 300g back in the works!  Last edited by TRe; 09-21-2008 at 10:28 PM. |
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09-21-2008, 10:43 PM
| #104 (permalink) |
| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
Posts: 133
| I bought a new Nitrate test kit and that wasn't the problem. My other SW tank tests fine with both kits. The thing about doing a larger water change at once is the water itself. I only have enough containers to haul 15 gallons at a time from the market. the only other option is to buy a big plastic garbage can at Walmart and make 2 trips to the store to get water and mix it all in the garbage can with my salt mix instead of 5 gal pails. I will try leaving the lights off for several days too. Too bad cause the coraline on my rocks was just starting to grow.
__________________ 46 Gal Freshwater: 4 Asst Angels, 2 Serpae Tetras, 2 Black Skirt Tetras, 4 Rosey Barbs, 1 Pleco 20 Gal Saltwater: 2 Percula Clownfish, 2 Astrea Snails, 7 Hermit Crabs, 1 Peppermint shrimp, Flame Zoo 75 Gal Saltwater: Clean up crew going: Turbo snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, and Astrea snails. Red Legged Hermits too. Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5's 6x54W |
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09-22-2008, 10:47 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California
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| In a new tank, don't worry about the diatoms; they'll go away on their own in a few weeks. The clean-up crew will help with the diatoms. It's very normal to go through diatoms for several weeks. It won't hurt anything, it just looks unsightly. |
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09-22-2008, 12:32 PM
| #108 (permalink) |
| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
Posts: 2,850
| i only have 3 X 5g jugs so thats 15g and i like to do 30g water changes so what i do is get my 15g first than come home and remove 30g of water from the tank and add the 15g i just got than rush back to the lfs and get the other 15g... lucky for me thers a lfs about 5 mins away that sells NSW for .50/gallon so its not too bad but it is definitly a PITA
__________________ 125g Reef 72x18x22 - 250w mh's, MR-2 skimmer with panworld 150, Koralia #3 & #4, Phos reactor/rowaphos, ATO, DIY overflows, DIY 55g sump with fuge... 300g back in the works! |
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09-22-2008, 04:40 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
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| It was just kind of sudden. I went out of town for a weekend and left a somewhat clean tank and when I go home there was brown algae all over the place. It took over in the 2 days I was gone. Tre, is the water you get from your LFS premixed or just regular RO? My LFS I believe just has regular RO at around .50/gal so I just go to the grocery store where it's .39/gal and mix it when I get home. I actually have 2 5's and a 7, so I can haul 17gals at once. Quaddity, I live in a small townhouse and have limited space. No room for a RO system of my own.
__________________ 46 Gal Freshwater: 4 Asst Angels, 2 Serpae Tetras, 2 Black Skirt Tetras, 4 Rosey Barbs, 1 Pleco 20 Gal Saltwater: 2 Percula Clownfish, 2 Astrea Snails, 7 Hermit Crabs, 1 Peppermint shrimp, Flame Zoo 75 Gal Saltwater: Clean up crew going: Turbo snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, and Astrea snails. Red Legged Hermits too. Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5's 6x54W |
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09-22-2008, 06:25 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| i actually use NSW = natural sea water  i have a ro/di unit that i use for my topoff... only because its convenient but im in the process of setting up a mixing station where my watechanges will all be done by the flip of a switch and at that time ill switch over to prolly reef crystals cause the price is right
__________________ 125g Reef 72x18x22 - 250w mh's, MR-2 skimmer with panworld 150, Koralia #3 & #4, Phos reactor/rowaphos, ATO, DIY overflows, DIY 55g sump with fuge... 300g back in the works! Last edited by TRe; 09-22-2008 at 06:28 PM. |
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