Chronicle to Christopher's 1st Reef Adventure! - Page 10

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-19-2007, 02:30 PM

Yes, I did try it. No response...

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-19-2007, 08:27 PM

Panny is pronounced dead... I will leave the tank for a month to mature, and try another pair from a different LFS...

Dentoid · 08-19-2007, 08:28 PM

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-21-2007, 08:16 PM

Nitrates still at 20! What should I do? Bloody Baron is being really shy and boring. He just stay back on his special rock, even when he eats!

Dentoid · 08-21-2007, 08:23 PM

That's what blood shrimp do. You're lucky if you get to see them at all. Mine come out occasionally, but don't stray far from their rocky crevice. Nitrates at 20ppm are acceptable. Continue 10% WC's a week.

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-21-2007, 09:42 PM

Thanks! Are skunks more active?? Is it okay to have a skunk and a blood together?

Dentoid · 08-21-2007, 10:23 PM

I have a shunk cleaner shrimp, 2 fire (blood) shrimps and 4 peppermint shrimps. By far the skunk cleaner is out the most. In fact it doesn't hide, at all. At first it did, but now he has he own little cleaning station where he stays and offers his services to the fishes.

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-21-2007, 10:54 PM

Thanks! Just to tell everyone, I will be rescaping, as I see very little good places to put corals in my current scape. There is a catch, I have a few snails and hermits and the cleaner shrimp, and I don't have a QT! I do not know how to move the rocks around without accidently smooshing something. As I think this is how my gramma died... Any help???

Dentoid · 08-21-2007, 11:02 PM

That's a tough one. Can you remove them to a small bucket with water from your main tank while you reaquascape? Don't leave them in there to long so that the temperture doesn't change too much if you do!

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-21-2007, 11:06 PM

Actually, I didn't even put my heater in the tank because the temp was so perfect! So maybe I can do that, but it is so hard to find them!!! Especially the hermits! And I don't wanna stress the bloody because it is stressed enough from the high nitrates... I guess that is my only choice other than winging it but being careful not to completely crush anything... Any suggestions for aquascaping???

Dentoid · 08-21-2007, 11:44 PM

Caves, overhangs and crevasses. Remember to keep it open so that water can flow through and around the LR. This serves many purposes. One it allows for oxygen rich water to flow over the LR to keep the aerobic bacterial populations healthy. It helps keep detritus and algae spores from settling on the LR, and it cuts down on dead space. Have fun!

GeeWizzItsMe · 08-22-2007, 12:05 AM

I have all that now, just not in a way that would work lol

prow · 08-22-2007, 12:57 AM

thats the fun part playing and playing until you it works, then you go back and try to make it work better. even for the most advanced hobbiest this is never ending. but does become less frustrating.

jnohs · 08-23-2007, 04:20 PM

since you are just starting your tank i would get as much live rock as you can prefably fully cured. but if it isnt do not worrie cause your is not cycled then just throgh the uncured rock in the tank. do not expect the damsiles to make. probable will die.just cann not help that. some people will say i am crazy but if you wait to put live rock in untill after the tank is cycled then when you add the rock your tank will have to start cycling again.

remember every time you do something to your tank it will have to cycle all over again. It will be quciker and not as drematiac. even rearangen the tank can cause a cycle. I you have r ock that has been in light for a couple of months then rearange the tank and that one ends up on the bottem. anything photosynthetic that was on that rock will now die off.

jnohs · 08-23-2007, 04:24 PM

did i read that you have a nitrate peoblem? if so it is probably from that hob filter that you have running chuck that. the only filter i have running now is my skimmer and i am even contamplating ousting that to. again people will say that i am nuts. but the skimmer really takes out a lot of zoo plankton and micro and nano plankton. i do have a bunch of power heads thogh water circ i crucial.

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GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank Nitrates still at 20! What should I do? Bloody Baron is being really shy and boring. He just stay back on his special rock, even when he eats! __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

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GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank Thanks! Are skunks more active?? Is it okay to have a skunk and a blood together? __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

08-21-2007, 10:54 PM	#143 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank Thanks! Just to tell everyone, I will be rescaping, as I see very little good places to put corals in my current scape. There is a catch, I have a few snails and hermits and the cleaner shrimp, and I don't have a QT! I do not know how to move the rocks around without accidently smooshing something. As I think this is how my gramma died... Any help??? __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

08-21-2007, 11:06 PM	#145 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank Actually, I didn't even put my heater in the tank because the temp was so perfect! So maybe I can do that, but it is so hard to find them!!! Especially the hermits! And I don't wanna stress the bloody because it is stressed enough from the high nitrates... I guess that is my only choice other than winging it but being careful not to completely crush anything... Any suggestions for aquascaping??? __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

08-22-2007, 12:05 AM	#147 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank I have all that now, just not in a way that would work lol __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

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jnohs Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: copiague long island Posts: 699 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank since you are just starting your tank i would get as much live rock as you can prefably fully cured. but if it isnt do not worrie cause your is not cycled then just throgh the uncured rock in the tank. do not expect the damsiles to make. probable will die.just cann not help that. some people will say i am crazy but if you wait to put live rock in untill after the tank is cycled then when you add the rock your tank will have to start cycling again. remember every time you do something to your tank it will have to cycle all over again. It will be quciker and not as drematiac. even rearangen the tank can cause a cycle. I you have r ock that has been in light for a couple of months then rearange the tank and that one ends up on the bottem. anything photosynthetic that was on that rock will now die off. __________________ GO SLOW

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jnohs Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: copiague long island Posts: 699 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Yes! Everybody who likes new pics of a new tank did i read that you have a nitrate peoblem? if so it is probably from that hob filter that you have running chuck that. the only filter i have running now is my skimmer and i am even contamplating ousting that to. again people will say that i am nuts. but the skimmer really takes out a lot of zoo plankton and micro and nano plankton. i do have a bunch of power heads thogh water circ i crucial. __________________ GO SLOW

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