andrew1986
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not really a new setup been running now for a while been trying to get a few problems sorted
basically all down to i didnt have enough live rock and the stuff i did have in wasnt cured and it took nearly a month to cure (may i add i bought it as cured
)
all seems ok now
stats so far
juwel rekord 120
im using a hanna digtal test for these 2
temp= 25
ph = reads about 8.1 in the mornin but goes up to 8.4 late aftenoon is this normal and ok
ammonia im having a little problem with this i bought a salifert test kit is the liquid supposed to go clear as in water clear or white
nitrite 0
nitrate 25
gonna do a 50% waterchange at the weekend
am i better off mixing the water and leaving it over night or can i just mix it get it up to temp and then put it staight in as long as there is no undissolved salt going around
also can i keep most soft corals under t5 lighting i found a twin unit with bulbs on net for 45quid brand new all in a hood type of thing which looked pretty good
not gonna buy yet tho
also should i be feeding a little bit of food every now and then to feed the rock or will it be ok
hitch hikers
3 hermit crabs
1 hairy crab now in sump
1 sundial snail also in sump but they dont get allong caught the crab with the snail in its claws like it was playing basketball as soon as he saw me looking he dropped him and scarpered
1 maybe 2 bristleworm
also another crab doesnt come out that much so cant get a pic of him he is brown with litlle white dots on him and it looks as tho he has a white line runing down his back
aiptasia gona get some aiptasia x this weekend and several zoanthids colonys that came on rock some had been munched by the snail untill i relized what he was and removed him
also spotted another critter other day it is really tiny almost unnoticeable thininer than a peice of string about an inch long and red and white stripes
does all this seem ok
ill post some pics in the mornin too tired now just finished work
basically all down to i didnt have enough live rock and the stuff i did have in wasnt cured and it took nearly a month to cure (may i add i bought it as cured
)all seems ok now
stats so far
juwel rekord 120
im using a hanna digtal test for these 2
temp= 25
ph = reads about 8.1 in the mornin but goes up to 8.4 late aftenoon is this normal and ok
ammonia im having a little problem with this i bought a salifert test kit is the liquid supposed to go clear as in water clear or white
nitrite 0
nitrate 25
gonna do a 50% waterchange at the weekend
am i better off mixing the water and leaving it over night or can i just mix it get it up to temp and then put it staight in as long as there is no undissolved salt going around
also can i keep most soft corals under t5 lighting i found a twin unit with bulbs on net for 45quid brand new all in a hood type of thing which looked pretty good
not gonna buy yet tho
also should i be feeding a little bit of food every now and then to feed the rock or will it be ok
hitch hikers
3 hermit crabs
1 hairy crab now in sump
1 sundial snail also in sump but they dont get allong caught the crab with the snail in its claws like it was playing basketball as soon as he saw me looking he dropped him and scarpered
1 maybe 2 bristleworm
also another crab doesnt come out that much so cant get a pic of him he is brown with litlle white dots on him and it looks as tho he has a white line runing down his back
aiptasia gona get some aiptasia x this weekend and several zoanthids colonys that came on rock some had been munched by the snail untill i relized what he was and removed him
also spotted another critter other day it is really tiny almost unnoticeable thininer than a peice of string about an inch long and red and white stripes
does all this seem ok
ill post some pics in the mornin too tired now just finished work
