45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer
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BigJohnny
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Looking great as always miguel, how's that nem doing?
Miguelh1302
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The rock anemone is doing great, the bubble tip still looking shitty as always, your tank is looking neat as well, just start putting some **** in it lmao
Miguelh1302
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just lost a ricordea and a shroom from one day to the next, they just vanished
BigJohnny
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Nice on the rock nem, sorry to hear about the bubble tip. Haha thanks about my tank, I know! I want to add stuff sooooooooo bad but it's still not cometely cycled. I'm on day 26 and have dosed ammonia several times however it still takes longer than 24hrs to convert it into pure nitrate. Gets faster everytime however. I think I should be cycled in about a week[emoji106]
BigJohnny
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Hm, any new fish? My guess is it was your angel [emoji48]
Miguelh1302
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Lmao I been thinking about it but I don't want to f***** up so am researching
Miguelh1302
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45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer
Hoping to be able tomorrow to remove almost all the coralline off the glass, and if you guys noticed, I move a couple corals around and took a rock out
Hoping to be able tomorrow to remove almost all the coralline off the glass, and if you guys noticed, I move a couple corals around and took a rock out
Miguelh1302
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Pink water due to cleaning freaking coralline lol
BigJohnny
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Haha looks like focus vitamin water. What do you keep alk/calcium? Also what temperature and what salt mix?
Pink water due to cleaning freaking coralline lol
Miguelh1302
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I don't do water change so I never add salt, temp around 76-79 alk 10-12 calc 420-460
BigJohnny
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Oh yea i forgot you dont do water changes. What are your nitrates at normally?
Miguelh1302
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Never tested them before, and not planing on unless I see something going extremely wrong
Miguelh1302
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By the way I want the ricordea and is looking good
BigJohnny
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wow really? Not even once haha? Why not? Just curious why you would test alk and calc but not nitrate.
Miguelh1302
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Because even if it is high and everything is looking nice (in my eyes) I will not do anything to bring it down
Miguelh1302
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First thing this morning after cleaning some coralline of the walls
BigJohnny
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gotcha. If you've never done a water change and don't have a sulfer denitrator nor carbon dose of some sort I would bet it is high now, unless you have a ton of denitrifying bacteria in your ssb. Otherwise there is no way to bring it down. Your struggle with nems may be due to high nitrate, although some don't have issues with it. Just a thought. A simple water change could do you wonders across the board if nitrates are really high. Maybe check once just to see? Or not.....haha [emoji6]
Miguelh1302
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lmao u are a smart guy, yes am testing my water thursday and i know for a fact that it is high
BigJohnny
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Cool. Having said that, your tank looks great, especially for never doing water changes!
