My Nano Diary.

[Die_Grinder]

kool thx i have also seen somthing with a black/grey shell with a white line on it, moves kinda like a real slow snail. lol, its kool what can be found on a lil bit o' rock

 

[steelhealr]

I think you might want to give a second thought to putting all your weight into your lfs' advice.

Anyway, agree, blue legged hermit...good hitchhiker. Slow, slow, slow. Taking your time will protect your desire to stay in nano'ing and most importantly, protect your wallet as well. SH

 

[Die_Grinder]

yeah, my LFS well its not exactly local its about 12miles away guess i should call it my LMFS local marine fish store.
the guy there is highly reccomended, its a small family run business out of his backyard. he does seem to know a lot tho, but it could all be wrong so i will check any thing i do on here with you guys before i go do it
may go take £50 outta my other account so i can get a marine water test kit. lol. or do you think my FW test kit will work? its a doc well fish master test kit. ph test only goes up to 8.7, but all the ammo, no2, no3 test look the same as in the marine one

 

[Aquascaper]

Sometimes use the same chemicals but the scale/colour chart is different so you wouldn't have anything for reference

 

[Die_Grinder]

so looks like i gotta fork out for a marine test kit then.
i did try the ammonia test tho its came thru like normal just was a lil milky, kinda made it easier to read lol. oh and BTW it said there was quite a bit of ammonia in there lol (just incase you could not guess ) tho it wasnt at the top of the scale, but that could be coz its a FW test kit, or the fact i added more like rock

 

[Aquascaper]

More than likely the freshwater dipping of the first lot

 

[Die_Grinder]

heh yeah, it was sooo stupid of me to do that. i just thaught "hey its rock " didnt even think at the time the name LIVE ROCK ment somthing lol. ahh well we learn from our mistakes and get punished for them.... darn long ass cycle ...

wow that blue legged hermit crab moves fast.

 

[Die_Grinder]

heres a few pics of my tank. whaddya think of the rock arrangement?

gotta tilt ye head for this one

can be seem from both sides

gonna make myself a small skimmer, nothing much like just aids in the nitrates a lil bit

 

[steelhealr]

Arrangement looks good...looks like you are light in the total weight/amount. SH

 

[Die_Grinder]

think i should add more?
will prob add some then when i get payed next

how long does it take for coral and things to start growing off it? i gues its about 3-4month right?

 

[@ombomb]

You should have one LB of rock to every gallon (US) of water in the tank, but more is definitely better.

As a guide I have used 13KG (29lbs) in my 90ltr (24USG) tank.

If your tank is still cycling, add it now. If your current rock cycles the tank, you'll either have to cure the new rock outside the tank or put the tank through another cycle.

 

[Aquascaper]

If it was mine i'd add a little more at the equipment end to form a slope away from that end. This would help hide the heater, etc. and give an overall better effect IMO

You can never really have too much live rock as long as you've still got water for the fish to swim in and a decent volume left in the tank, I have just over 60kgs in my 36g (with a further 20kgs in the sump and 5kgs in the external cannister) and it looks very full but still has space for the fish I have.
Depending on the quality (and whether you freshwater dip it ) the live rock the development of coral frags, etc. will vary in how long they take to emerge, usually you'll see something once the cycle ends and parameters stablilse.

 

[steelhealr]

Agree with Aquascaper...the more filtration/LR the better Personally, I prefer to lean more towards 1 1/2 lbs LR per gallon.SH

 

[Die_Grinder]

yeah i am gonna add some more LR when i can afford to lol

just getting my diatom bloom so there is some life in my tank do you recomend that i add a few snails to keep it under control? or just wait? i have read posts and some people add a clean up crew at this point.

 

[Aquascaper]

What are the water parameters?

Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
pH