Recent content by Shawntay

I believe I cycled before the LFS got involved. The guy at the store said it looked like it did. I don't have any Nitrites and my last Nitrates look like now. I posted a pic of my test strip from today. I haven't really thought too hard about what I want to populate the tank with. I do know at...

it has been quite sometime since I have posted about my tank. I kept saying I was gonna get my cleaner crew but since I was so confused about my water readings I decided to talk to my LFS. They have done water tests and made suggestions and then I went on vacation. I figured I didn't want to put...

That is so awesome. Congratulations.

I haven't posted about my tank in about a month. It was a bit of a back burner while finishing up my Master's thesis. I figured since the tank was empty I could just monitor my levels to see when the tank cycles while working on the paper. Well I have no idea what I'm looking at. I was doing the...

[emoji50][emoji33][emoji1419][emoji1417] whew ok. Off to read more about algae Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ok. So this stuff is now everywhere Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the info. Is it ok to keep the lf that's in there now and what about the stuff on the rock, tank, and sand? Is this a cleaning crew issue ?

the ro/di was first. then i took it our and now it's sw.

Hi so I'm still a bit new to saltwater tanks and I want to see if I'm going in the right direction. Here is the back story for those that aren't following my tank thread. So I'm in the process of probably killing this tank. I added my sand, 70lbs of dry rock, and about 10lbs of live rock I...

For those that are following along, here is what my two pieces of live rock look like right now. Also, I think, in the last picture, that is a clam. Can anyone confirm? It was on one of the LR. it was closed a few days ago but I noticed it open last night. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks so much for the information. One other question. Where did you get those graphs? Is there a good program I can log my tank parameters?

Here is where we are now... I may need more live rock. I'll have to post a close up of the live rock I have in there now but I don't know if I screwed up the tank or not when I had the RO/DI water in the tank. It was there for a couple of days before I could make new RO/DI water and mix it...

Thank you for the advice. I had to get a different pump and right now there is water in the tank. There will be new pics to my build thread coming later b Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is the picture from two nights ago. I was able to start putting water in but after about 50 gallon realized that I hadn't added the salt. Then I was having trouble figuring out which outlet was which on the Apex. The used Vortech said it had an update so I tried to do that and now its...

Wow. Thanks. I need that emoji that shows my head exploding from an awesome idea. This is exactly why I love this forum. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk