New shipment at 10 tonight
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Bax
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I did two 10% water changes per day 12 hours apart once I saw ammonia start to really take off. By doing this, with four or five changes, ammonia was under control. It's been about twelve days so far and my nirates are still elevated (30 to 40) but my ammonia has been zero.
Be patient with critter patrol before putting the rock in the tank. If you hear poping sounds, it's mantis locate the rock and flush them out with seltzer or a hyper saline solution. (Ididn't know what the poping sound was and had to chace down the mants the hard way.
Enjoy your TBS. And good luck.
Be patient with critter patrol before putting the rock in the tank. If you hear poping sounds, it's mantis locate the rock and flush them out with seltzer or a hyper saline solution. (Ididn't know what the poping sound was and had to chace down the mants the hard way.
Enjoy your TBS. And good luck.
I got it home by eleven. Sand and Rock in by 12:10am. Turned on the canister filter and it cleared right up. Figure I'll get a few hours nap and test it in the morning.
The sand boxes were in Mint condition, there was a little leaking and saturation with the rock boxes but the rock was still in lots of water.
Found two gorrilla crabs in the left over water, no clicking sounds. Only hitchhickers found so far were a couple of snails. I can't wait to see what I find after a few hours sleep.
The sand boxes were in Mint condition, there was a little leaking and saturation with the rock boxes but the rock was still in lots of water.
Found two gorrilla crabs in the left over water, no clicking sounds. Only hitchhickers found so far were a couple of snails. I can't wait to see what I find after a few hours sleep.
Bax
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KP
Do you have skimmer running too?
You'll need it. My skimmer barely pulled any skimate until the TBS went in. Now I pull a couple of inchest of smelly green spew a day. Nasty!!!
Did you let the rock sit out a while before setting it in the tank?
I've pulled four gorillas and two small mantis out so far. There are still a few gorillas left and I am not so sure that I don't have more mantis.
But I also have cup corals, starlet corals, tube corals, several porcelin crabs. blue leg hermits, mini brittles, sponges in every color, tunicates, turkey wing clams (Arca zebra), oysters, barnicles and lots of stuff I can't ID.
Very cool.
Do you have skimmer running too?
You'll need it. My skimmer barely pulled any skimate until the TBS went in. Now I pull a couple of inchest of smelly green spew a day. Nasty!!!
Did you let the rock sit out a while before setting it in the tank?
I've pulled four gorillas and two small mantis out so far. There are still a few gorillas left and I am not so sure that I don't have more mantis.
But I also have cup corals, starlet corals, tube corals, several porcelin crabs. blue leg hermits, mini brittles, sponges in every color, tunicates, turkey wing clams (Arca zebra), oysters, barnicles and lots of stuff I can't ID.
Very cool.
Day 1
Rock and sand in for 8 hours:
8:20am
Temp 75.8
Ammonia 1
Nitrites .25
Nitrates 0
PH 7.8
Salinity 1.025
Well, I'll start off with a 10% water change due to the amm. My heater isn't keeping the water at 77 for some reason, I'm afraid to do the touch test.
Is my ph a problem?
Rock and sand in for 8 hours:
8:20am
Temp 75.8
Ammonia 1
Nitrites .25
Nitrates 0
PH 7.8
Salinity 1.025
Well, I'll start off with a 10% water change due to the amm. My heater isn't keeping the water at 77 for some reason, I'm afraid to do the touch test.
Is my ph a problem?
Yes I have my skimmer (seaclone) going but I've never run one before and the thing is a bugger to get to run at just the right way so to get the foam coming at just the right speed. And even then I don't know if I am running it right. I also still have the canister going to get rid of any muck.
goblinsharkman
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kp1917 are u gonna post some pics?
Bax
Premium Member
KP
The small gets better.
As for the die off I only remove what looks to be rotting away, otherwise it stays.
And don't worry in a day or so you'll start collect in that skimmer oh yeah. I dump mine every one to two days now that the TBS in in.
The pH drop is odd, are you buffering your makeup water?
The small gets better.
As for the die off I only remove what looks to be rotting away, otherwise it stays.
And don't worry in a day or so you'll start collect in that skimmer oh yeah. I dump mine every one to two days now that the TBS in in.
The pH drop is odd, are you buffering your makeup water?
Pics are on the way, I have taken some but my connection cord is at work. I forgot to take pics of the rock out of water.
The skimmer started working I think, the bubbles flow over and turn into water that is greenish???? Then you dump the water? I just emptied my cup and it was about 1/3 full after a few hours. Does that sound right?
I haven't buffered my water but I have some buffer. I take it I should do that?
KP
The skimmer started working I think, the bubbles flow over and turn into water that is greenish???? Then you dump the water? I just emptied my cup and it was about 1/3 full after a few hours. Does that sound right?
I haven't buffered my water but I have some buffer. I take it I should do that?
KP
That seems unfortunate. I had no measurable spike of ammonia and my skimmer didnt really spew anything too horrible. I called it completely cycled in about 5 days. Is your skimmer putting out wet or dry foam? If it is too wet you might want to try to make it a little more dry. That will help with having to clear it out as much.
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