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 My Tanks Progress (more pics added) 2/22/11

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First topic message reminder :

So i decided to try sw for myself. First let me say i have never done any water tests on my two fw tanks or have i ever done tests in general. So with that in mind this is a whole new ball game for me. To start i purchased a 30 gallon long tank( its about 3 feet wide) I added sand on Dec 13th( about 45 lbs argonite?) and i purchased a whisper ex70 power filter. I have a koralia nano and 1( one on each side of the tank for water movement. The tank has been up and running like that since the 13th. On saturday the 18th i purchased 31 lbs of live rock. It was put in the tank that night. I know everyone says 2 lbs per gallon but the tank would be stuffed if i put 60 lbs of rock in it. It looks good with what is in it. ( I will post pics soon) So tonight leads me to water test number one of a million im sure. Here were my results, I went with the API saltwater master test kit. the scale was a color range so the numbers arent exact. I got my wife to help me determine about what they were.

PH 8.0-8.2
ammonia 0-0.25 ppm
nitrite 0.5 ppm
nitrate 7.0 ppm

I know they need to come down a little but let me know what you think. ALso i picked up some stuff off craigslist the other day. Let me know what i can use these for.

-Kent marine starter kit(comes with essential elements, pro-ammonia detox, and pro buffer dkh)
-Kent super buffer dkh
-kent garlic xtreme
-kordon rid fungus(herbal formula)
I got all of these for 10 bucks. figured i could use them. ALmost all of it is brand new.

So far this sw adventure has been fun. It is different looking at a tank for two weeks with nothing in it really except water. I have been keeping a total so far and with all my purchases i am still under 300 dollars. Thats for everything. And i have a heater on the tank too. Any suggestions please feel free. As i said i will get pics up soon. dance My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 Dsc01313My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 Dsc01314My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 Dsc01315My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 Dsc01316

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awsome!
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I find loose zoas in my tank from time to time too and put them in a little bowl with some rubble and let them latch on and then put them somewhere else in my tank. I have some GSP's & a watermelon shroom in the bowl right now!
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GSP in the bowl for containment purposes only! haha That stuff attaches to whatever the heck it wants if you don't. Did you cut up the shroom? Take a scalpel and cut it like a pizza getting some of the mouth on each slice and throw it in the bowl to attach... 4 watermelon shrooms!
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all well and good but zoa's still dont move around in the tank looking for light :smash
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Nope they don't move looking for light,,...they will just die where they are if not enough light.

I know the GSP will sprout where ever they are but I want them on this rubble and then I can trade them in at my LFS! haha

The little shroom is about 1/4" across. I accidentally knocked it off it's rock while cleaning one day so I threw it in the bowl too. Now the only problem is if that little shroom gets potent enough to kill the GSP before it latches on. Those watermelon shrooms are pretty potent to things around them.
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wow nice tank!!.. i got to have a sw tank this year.. My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 196631
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Awesome!! yes good
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lol! lol! lol!
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Thanks, not so sure what the lol is but ok. There is brown stuff everywhere today. I guess this stuff will start dying off sooner or later. Its alright on the pale white rock but its all over the sand and glass.
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tonights test

ph 8.2
ammonia .25
nitrite 0
nitrate around 10 ppm

Im going to start looking for a good hob skimmer very soon. I know that will help with the nitrates. Anyone with personal experience with any that can make suggestions?
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cwhip mentioned the aquaCremora HOB skimmer!
you cant go wrong with the remoras! A+ skimmers!
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Cool i will look into that. A local reefer(lol) has a hob skimmer they are going to let me run until i get one ordered.
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tank is looking good man yes
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Alright so i got a frag of some zoas tonight from a friend. And some other thing. I will get pics up tomorrow or the next day after they are adjusted and opened up. It seems that i will be going to the frag swap at that pet place this month. The wife wanted to take me somewhere for my bday so we are going there. WOo i also rescaped the tank tonight. Like i said i will get pics up one more time probably saturday. I also noticed a little starfish in there. Must be a hitchhiker from the one thing i got. Seems like everytime i look in theres something new to see.
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Quote :
Seems like everytime i look in theres something new to see.

welcome to reefing.
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popebosephus wrote:
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Seems like everytime i look in theres something new to see.

welcome to reefing.

My Tanks Progress (more pics  added) 2/22/11 - Page 7 858205 That is the fun part! yes
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So my little colony of zoanthids are finally coming around and starting to open up. Once they get to where they all open up i will snap a pic. The other thing i got, after researching was a nice size piece of some sort of gsp. From lookin online it says this stuff is pretty tuff and you can trim it with scizzors how ever you want. I was thinking about splitting it so i can put it in two diffferent spots. Any suggestions.
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yeah if you can't grow GSP there something wrong very tough stuff and very prolific so if you want to keep in from growing onto certain rocks then I would keep it contained, it grows in a purple matt when the polyps are in you can just peel it off and glue the matt to a frag disc or whatever you want whats pretty cool is to glue some to the back wall of your tank and have a living background. keep up the good work!
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Thanks. The only thing is they havent opened yet but from what i read last night it could be a week or two before they decide to come back out. Its a really good size piece . thats why i think i need to trim it some. Seems that part of it was fragged to a rock and it has just spread. Im pretty sure thats where my star fish i saw the other day came from. I think im going to make that swap in Pa this month. So if you decide to go let me know. Maybe we could meet and say hello.
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yeah it sounds like fun I will see if I can make it up:) what day is it again?
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The 29th i believe
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cool I'll look it up again it sounds like a fun event:)
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So yesterday I picked up a hob skimmer. The guy lending it to me called it a whisper style. It's running and this morning there was some bubbling. It was all white tho. He said I may not have enough bio load for alot of junk yet. Anyways it's running.
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there also maybe a break in period for the skimmer to get a good slime coat if the skimmer was really clean when you got it. new skimmers take about 3 weeks to break in. I just bought a new skimmer as well the Reef Octopus SUPER SRO 5000INT In-Sump my Bio load has grown so we'll see how it go's.
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