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[eddiekern]

Thanks capn,

That looks like some great reading, the kind of stuff I like to get me where I need to be to set up my tank. I have a packed weekend, so I'll read them early next week and see what I can learn from them. Thanks again for the awesome info, should keep me busy for a few days.

 

[JLwaves]

Hey there!

My name is Justin, and my friends call me JL. I'm a 24 year married lad from the Bay Area working a law firm, getting my start in law school very shortly. Love fish, love tanks, but I confess I am new. I helped build a 120-gal saltwater tank before and maintain, so while i'm not a stranger to the game I confess the only tank I have now is a 40-gallon terrarium for my bearded dragon :]

Look very much forward to learning a lot from any and everyone.

 

[Aquarist007]

[welcome]

your background setting up the 120 will be useful on here.

Besides the water keeper is always interested in future lawyers

 

[WaterKeeper]

We've had our fill of lawyers here!

Hi Justin
<img src="/images/welcome.gif" width="500" height="62"><br><b><i><big><big>To Reef Central</b></i></big></big>



Whoops, simultaneous post but the Capn has got it wrong.

 

[Roc20lnanoreef]

Hi all im new here.
I have had a 20L mixed reef tank up for 4-5 months now with a 10g sump bak pak skimmer 2 t5ho coralife lights and odds n ends

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15019161#post15019161 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Roc20lnanoreef
Hi all im new here.
I have had a 20L mixed reef tank up for 4-5 months now with a 10g sump bak pak skimmer 2 t5ho coralife lights and odds n ends

Can you post some pictures of it?

[welcome]

 

[Mac805]

Wats up everyone! my names Michael from California..ive had a 30 gal sw tank for about 4-5 months and im in the process of switching everything to a 40 gal tank.

 

[Michael]

hey michael, how you doing, glad to see you, any pics of the 30 gal?

[welcome]

 

[reefdale]

Hi ALL

Hi ALL

Hi All,

Trying a marine tank after a failed attempt 25 years ago. Wow the technology has advanced! I have atarted a 14 biocube and am having some success after only a couple of months. Alot of algie outbreaks though, cant seem to get a hold of the problem. Would like to protein skim but not much room oin the fuge. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[reefdale]

Hi ALL

Hi ALL

Hi All,

Trying a marine tank after a failed attempt 25 years ago. Wow the technology has advanced! I have atarted a 14 biocube and am having some success after only a couple of months. Alot of algie outbreaks though, cant seem to get a hold of the problem. Would like to protein skim but not much room oin the fuge. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: Hi ALL

Re: Hi ALL

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15020871#post15020871 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefdale
Hi All,

Trying a marine tank after a failed attempt 25 years ago. Wow the technology has advanced! I have atarted a 14 biocube and am having some success after only a couple of months. Alot of algie outbreaks though, cant seem to get a hold of the problem. Would like to protein skim but not much room oin the fuge. Anyone have any ideas?

[welcome]

algae is usually the sign of high nitrates and phosphates?

how often are you changing the water in your biocube and are you using ro/di water

what fish do you have in the cube--you might be feeding too much

 

[reefdale]

Algae

Algae

Thanks Cap,

I have a chromis and a cleaner shrimp and 10 snails been doing a 10% water change every two weeks. Only had fish for 2 weeks so just started feeding. Lights are on alot though, could be an issue?

 

[reefdale]

algae

algae

by the way, using distilled water

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: Algae

Re: Algae

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15020974#post15020974 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefdale
Thanks Cap,

I have a chromis and a cleaner shrimp and 10 snails been doing a 10% water change every two weeks. Only had fish for 2 weeks so just started feeding. Lights are on alot though, could be an issue?

Lights are not or could be minimally an issue
I think you need need to do a major clean up of nitrates and phosphates.

as a suggestion do a 30 per cent water change now and repeat 30 percent each week for the next two weeks.
Prior to your water change take a turkey baster and lightly baste the surface of the substrate and the reef rock.

I also suggest that you do weekly water changes with a 14gal--two weeks gives time for nitrates and phosphates to build up and be consumed by algae.

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: algae

Re: algae

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15020978#post15020978 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefdale
by the way, using distilled water

that's okay but as a comparison
distilled water has on average about 90 % of dissolved substances removed

ro water has 95% of tds removed

and ro/di has 100 % of tds removed.

BTW
how much live rock do you have in the 14gal biocube?

 

[reefdale]

algae

algae

Thanks, I will perform a 30% water change today and follow your suggested schedule. Will keep you posted on this. Its good to have some experience out there to help

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: algae

Re: algae

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15021024#post15021024 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefdale
Thanks, I will perform a 30% water change today and follow your suggested schedule. Will keep you posted on this. Its good to have some experience out there to help

thanks but I picked the 30 per cent number based on what Randy---our chemistry icon on here---has suggested as the optimal level to effectively bring down nitrates.

whenever you have a chemistry questions his chemistry articles are a great place to start
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605

of course for the basics Water Keepers articles are the best

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1031074

and the capns log book as some good "how to" in it:

http://www.reefcentral.com/wp/?p=346

 

[Caetano_Thiago]

Hi everyone, im new to reel central, my brother in law got addicted to this expensive hobby, and some how i ended up on the band wagon too. lol but yah im a newbie to this so ill look foward to speaking to all of you for help. For starters i have a 14g Oceanic BC. and my current residents are two tiny clownfish, some turn snails, some anemones, and a hermit crab, and somewhere in there i have a very tiny starfish on the loose.

 

[OpCode1300]

Hello All..

New to RC, big geek and DIY'r

Tank:
125 filling w/ RODI now [and its taking fooooooorever!!!!]

My setup pics Here



:wave:

 

[Michael]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15025069#post15025069 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Caetano_Thiago
Hi everyone, im new to reel central, my brother in law got addicted to this expensive hobby, and some how i ended up on the band wagon too. lol but yah im a newbie to this so ill look foward to speaking to all of you for help. For starters i have a 14g Oceanic BC. and my current residents are two tiny clownfish, some turn snails, some anemones, and a hermit crab, and somewhere in there i have a very tiny starfish on the loose.

hey welcome to our great forum here, nice to see you, welcome again