aquachemist
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I have black sponge in my left chamber.....yours is empty?
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Simon's RSM250 - Beginner Advice Please
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Lots of us running RSM 250s don't run the black sponges - Cheers for starting a tank thread & sharing your tank with us ! 
If you do run them... you will want to pull them weekly & rinse, as they trap nitrates.
If you do run them... you will want to pull them weekly & rinse, as they trap nitrates.
aquachemist
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Just ordered chiller, pump, ato, UV and rock. Will get tubing for chiller at LFS once it all arrives. There goes a nice little chunk of $$. Now to wait....... still need a test kit yet though. Will wait till next week for that.
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aquachemist
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Will pull the sponges out now. Thanks for the tip ☺
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pablomay28
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I do run the black sponges in the system. I removed the uv from the system. I also purchased the after market media rack where i run 2 chemipure elite and 1 purigen. I am due for a large water change and have to do my rear sump clean up and washing of the return pumps.
aquachemist
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How often to you take the pumps out to clean? How do you clean them?
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Hi
To set up well your skimmer add the air valve that was suggested and follow what Red Sea indicates in this link Post #6
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2140082
Cheers
Daniel
To set up well your skimmer add the air valve that was suggested and follow what Red Sea indicates in this link Post #6
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2140082
Cheers
Daniel
aquachemist
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Thanks Dan
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aquachemist
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I just scored all this tanks live rock for $30!!! He offered some fish and coral too but i have to cycle first. Hopefully it's still available when my tank has cycled
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aquachemist
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Now do I just put the live rock straight in or do I have to rinse them in RO or salt water first?
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Get your salinity right 1.026 & to temp & put them in, your cycling & should be fine, in fact you may have little to no cycle - this is like moving from a big tank to a small tank & you could have taken his fish & corals, I would guess.
The only thing you want to watch is for die-off that would occur moving the rock, if it was out of sw any long amount of time.
The only thing you want to watch is for die-off that would occur moving the rock, if it was out of sw any long amount of time.
aquachemist
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Mm my chiller is not here yet though so the fish and corals would not do well I think.
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I partly disagree with nanoreefingforfun. If you have had a tank running for a long time, a lot of dirt can become trapped in the crevices of the rock. If this is the case, you may want to rinse the rock using a bucket filled with water from the tank. When done carefully pour off the water looking for anything that came out that you might want to keep.
Never ever use RO water or tap water, as the will kill all the good bacteria,
aquachemist
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Ok. When you say "looking for anything that came out that you might want to keep". What could/will come out. I've never done this before
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You might find some hermit crabs or snails that are part of your CUC. You might find some large pods, maybe some micro brittle stars. All sorts of things are possible.
aquachemist
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Ok cool. Oh and he gave me the leather corals attached to the rock also. Will they die in the tank? What should i do to try and get them to live?
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aquachemist
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These leathers
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aquachemist
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Well they are all in the tank now plus a crab, snail, and a prawn of some sort. Sorry about the poor quality photos
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aquachemist
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Well I've had an interesting time. The guy i got the rocks off rang and asked if there was a fish in my tank. I said no I only bought rock. 10 minutes after putting the rock in....... Lo and behold this guy/girl was hiding in a rock through 45mins of transport that we thought was dry rock so no idea how he/she survived and now is my first fish. Rang the guy back up and he said we could keep it and hopefuly survive. Now help people!!!! Its a Picasso Trigger fish i believe. Not bad for a hitchiker on live rock.
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