My 90 Us Gallon Reef Tank Journal

[callell]

Leecara If your tank has not finished its cycle or you are going to be adding more LR that will encorage a mini cycle I would not add any Livestock at the moment, patience is the key my friend

If it is Diatoms then they are fed by Silictaes which are present in new tanks, Rowaphos or some of teh otehr Rowa removers will reduce your PO4/Silicate levels & the diatoms will die off after a while

This is a normal part of your tanks cycle/maturation

To run Rowa, you can either buy a Phos Reactor or cheaper (but not as effective) place the rowa in an Internal Filter or in a bag in a high flow area of the tank.

Incase I missed it - Are you using RO Only

 

[leecara]

i wasnt going to add any livestock until it finished cycling but i have been told as you can see here that i should get 2 to stop the algae i also asked the lfs they said it should be fine as they are very hardy i will not be adding anymore livestock until the WHOLE cycling process has finished
yes i am using ro water
i also have a phosphate remover and ammnoia remover in the aqua 1 +
is this all ok or ...

-lee

 

[atmmachine816]

As far as I know diatoms never hurt anything so there's no real need to add some turbo snails until your tank is cycled. Though if I'm wrong somebody can correct me. Are you running enough phosphate remover or rowaphos? btw, it's not a bad idea to keep an idea of how much LR you have.

 

[leecara]

ok will it be fine leaving the turbos in there or ...
2 bags of phospthate 1 amonia remover (you can look on my hardware on 1st post )
i know i complety forgot each time when i bought the l.r as my mum paid for it i just choose what i liked and didnt rely consider anything else at that time
as for the l.r i will be posting pics soon and when all lr is in i will count the number of rocks in there if that helps or if you can have a rough idea from the pics i will be posting soon- hopefully

 

[leecara]

http/s120.photobucket.com/albums/o194/le..._photos/marine/-all pics
http/s120.photobucket.com/albums/o194/le...t=frontview.jpg -zoom in of tank

sorry that i had to put it in a link if any body else knows a better way then plz say/or do

so what do you think of the aqua scaping and tank i left plenty of sapce like gaps and coves for hidings places

please post ur feedback
tank

front

center

right

left

custom hood

 

[N1z]

See the codes under the pic, copy the bottom some that has the code then just paste it in the comment box.

Part from that looks very nice and will look nice when finished.

 

[leecara]

thanks
i just edited the post

 

[rhysiboy]

wow the tanks lookin smashin (hmm spose not the best word to use to compliment a tank ) keep it up.

 

[leecara]

lol when it has corals later on in the year it will look da bomb lmao

 

[atmmachine816]

Looks great, just need to give it more time and it will look even better

btw: comments will come, you just have to wait, people in different time zones than you

 

[BlondeBrutality]

Tank look great! Gotta love adding the LR!

 

[leecara]

btw: comments will come, you just have to wait, people in different time zones than you

i know

thnaks u lot

looking around the tank i have found some snails i looked on lydens hitchhiker guide and it said they were good but cant remember name ,so any way i looked at the tank and i saw some white stripes on the back of the tank then they wizzing around i thought it looked like a worm so i was looking for about 5 mins later on i manged to see it again it was at the front of tank and it appered to be about 1.5cm (maybe samller )it looked like a mantis shrimp but it was black as can be with a white stripe at the back and one at the front any ideas or pics so i can try match it up because i need to know if it is good or bad and i cant find it anywere on the net and my camera is terrible at taking close up pics of the tank

 

[SkiFletch]

Wow this thread moves fast. Tanks off to a good start Lee

 

[leecara]

thanks ski
im glad its up and running to after reaserching for ages

have u any ideas about that black and white shrimp thing it looks like river shrimp but black and white in saltwater
also i have found a lot snails i will post pics of rock growth and stuff later i just curious at the min if the shrimp is good or bad anybody got any ideas?

 

[boshank23]

allo mate, i know we didn't get off to the best of starts on this forum but i have to say, your tank is looking very very nice!! keep up the awesome work.