Part 1 is here.

[CU kills]

Part one arrived today. It is in the tank right now. I will post pic when the "dust" settles. So far I have seen some cool hitchhikers. The two best have got to be the baby Pistol shrimp its only about 1/2 inch long but still pretty cool. The secon is a cuke that came in in a piece of the LR. Not to mention about 20 little snails and who knows what else. Thas shipment was spposed to arrive on Monday but I ended up haveing today off and asked if Richard could ship earlier. Not a problem. Richard you "Rock".

 

[poormedstudent]

Where are the pics?!?!?!?

 

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Here are a few pic. My camera is acting up today. I will try to get more.

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For those who are wondering that clam was a survivor from some homemade frozen food for my nano tank and I decided to add it to aid in the filtration.

 

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Okay I just spotted a mantis shrimp.

 

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Okay when I got home last night the tamk was very cloudy. I checked the rock for die off, nothing no bad smelling sponges nothing. Ammonia was at 0.5ppm but I did a 80% water change to try to clear the water. This morning still cloudy Ammonia 0.25ppm Nitrates 0.0ppm Nitrite 0.0ppm. Any ideas as to what might have caused this? I am concerned this didnt happen when I cycled my nano. Is this normal?

 

[figuerres]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12591198#post12591198 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CU kills
Okay when I got home last night the tamk was very cloudy. I checked the rock for die off, nothing no bad smelling sponges nothing. Ammonia was at 0.5ppm but I did a 80% water change to try to clear the water. This morning still cloudy Ammonia 0.25ppm Nitrates 0.0ppm Nitrite 0.0ppm. Any ideas as to what might have caused this? I am concerned this didnt happen when I cycled my nano. Is this normal?

how many gallons for the tank?

is that a hex-tank?

do you have a skimmer ?

how is the water movement ? did I see a nano-stream in there ?


with a hex beeing tall it does not have the surface area the same sized rect-shape tank has.

this may affect how it cycles.

if you do not have a skimmer I'd get one ... maby a HOB like the urchin or urchin-pro as that will both help pull stuff out of the water and airate the water.

both of which should help clear the water.

 

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35gal is the volume and it is a hex. There are two Koralia 1's for about 800gph flow. A Hang on tank Penguin 170 power filter with carbon. I have a skimmer but I am still trying to dial it in for proper skimming.

 

[dklaue]

Might just be a bacteria bloom. I have heard of many tanks starting up and getting cloudy as the bacteria grow in the first few days on excess waste. This would normally clear up in a few days. as the skimmer, filter, and bacteria get the system in balance.

 

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Okay. Richard suggested trying some new carbon which I did after work yesterday. It is looking better but still pretty cloudy. The sulphur smell has gone way down also.