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also not that i have a very deep sand bed but never he less i have a sand bed is there something i could add that would sift the sand?

so since my last post that mushroom went to hevean it lasted about a day or two then all of a sudden it spit up its insides and a day later shriveled to nothingness, at the time tho i did notice a small spike in ammonia probably becuase i added a large piece of live rock it had some die off, im...

i found this on one of my rocks, i think its a green mushroom? any help, will it be ok, how do i know if its "sick" or "dying"?

one month photo update: Full tank shot delicious algae one more

Ammonia 0 Nitrites 1 Nitrates 5 Temp at a steady 74 Sp Gr 1.025 I think im finally there, Im probably gonna add a couple small pieces of live rock this week... should i add a couple inverts too?

either way i cant figure out why my hydrometer is telling me i have such a low specific gravity and it does not change when i add salt so i imagine its not working properly (or at least its user isnt working properly) :P

thanks everyone, im gonna hold off for another week or so to add the live rock once i feel this initial cycle has come to an end or at least very close to it, also wendy or annyone else can u point me in the right drection of a refractometer (preferably something inexpensive, altho i kno u get...

well patience it is, ill wait to add anything my levels are still bouncing around still getting a small ammonia reading, and still having trouble with the specific gravity, ill keep testing til i get it right, hopefully thats sooner than later

so lets just go with the option that i add another 10 pounds of rock to the tank (cured live rock) how do i keep the die off down? water changes often? and as far as unwanted hitchikers, is it that much of a concern? i mean shouldnt i expect the possibility some of the hitchikers may die off as...

right now i have live sand and dry rock in the tank

def not at 0's yet, what about live rock tho, i figure its gonna go through another mini cycle when i add it anyways, no?

how do i know when im ready to start adding things to my tank? ie.. clean up or live rock

its not going at full throttle, i turned off everything cleaned the glass and when i turned it all back on the gurgling stopped, i also noticed once i have some evaporation and the water goes down to a certain level in the sump the gurgling stops as well

killa... in regards to the overflow, i have as of lately been getting a gurgling sound coming from the overflow every so often the overflow fills up some then lets out a large amount of water and it gurgles kinda loud, is there a fix for this?

so its from my understanding the diatom is commonly seen when a tank is approaching the end of a cycle, it is also to my understanding that diatom outbreaks are usually common in tanks with high phosphate levels, correct me if im wrong, but im asuming that phosphates were high probably due to...

are all hydrometers quirky? Yesterday i was getting readings of 1.03 today after topping off with about 2.5 gallons of distilled water the needle isnt even moving its staying at 1.016... suggestions? Also yesterday i had pristine clear water, today after cleaning the brown/film algae off my...

gasket on the inside, been leak free since i applied the new one about a week now, btw that Automated Water Change System, very cool... hope i can get to that point at some time

thats actually what i was gonna ask, also the hydrometer wasnt working got a new one now my specific gravity is 1.03, any advice on how to bring it down?

just an update, not much new just the sand and rock... oh and no leaking

hey everyone been up and running for a week now saw my ammonia spike and drop to barely detectable now see the nitrites at 2 and nitrates still coming up 0... when would it be advisable to add in live rock, currently i have about 15 pounds of dry rock and maybe 10-12 pounds of live sand. Also im...