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Put all of them in and let it cook. I have never really cycled a tank nor used any bacteria additives. Just put a piece of live rock tank is good to go. Add livestock slowly and like everything else, slow. Bacteria will reach a population base on the bioload, adding additional bacteria does nothing.

I have dug a little deeper into this topic and it is a scientific fact that rocks and sand do absorb phosphate, until the level reaches equilibrium. What my tank experiencing here is this effect I think until one day the rocks and sand no longer absorbing. 70% of the rocks are new Marco rocks...

How big is your biocube stand? if you can measure the width I can see if it matches my biocube 29.

You do have a big tank I think but wow whatever it takes. At this rate I might have to buy NeoPhos in bulk :) We will see what happens having diatom on the glass is not a bad thing I guess. I have been wondering whether the clam consumes diatom when I clean it off the glass.

Tank is consuming basically everything I put in it. Around 0.03ppm/day. Could it be the new rock absorbing it? I doubt.

See if you can find a 24" t5 fixture for cheap. probably you best option for sps.

1 month. But the contents were transferred from my old tank.

Thanks. I also have reef roids and BRS reef chili's. Not doing much to Phos at this stage of the game.

Dosed NeoPhos to 0.03ppm and nitrate. In 24 hours it's undetectable again. Visibly more diatoms. I have never dosed phosphate before. And it should not be done on a regular basis in such amount. But the corals will die if I don't do it. Let's see how it goes. Anyone has experience with this?

I could use some if you do coming down the parkway.

From Marine Depot, for those don't know or don't want to home made :)

I am on the fence on these angelfish. I bought some SPS frags forgotten these angelfish might pick on them. So far they have not. But it will always make me nervous. Original plan was minimal SPS but I couldn't resist. Angelfish keep the rocks very clean. Keeping them I don't need a tang...

The tank is consuming 0.1 ALK per day now. Phos has been undetectable despite of the feedings. Dosing macbacter 7 and acropowder. Phos will be dosed on I got them in the mail. I usually don't dose but in the beginning it's help to dose to correct the inbalance. Here's a video of the tank now...

You and a bunch of others. Live aquaria has biota ones for $279 per.

that's even easier :)

Got it. Will have it mounted on a base and put it on sand after it settles down a bit.

Wow. that's good to know. The Zoa will be gone but does it have tentacles to kill the adjacent frogspawn and hammer? I have it wedged between the rocks there and will be easy to remove. But really want to keep it on the rocks.

Bubble coral

thanks great! I have your sand as well in my car.