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    cyano headache!!!

    in Disease treatment/parasite/pest control

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    My advise to you is:

    1) Pay attention to the position of wavemaker to ensure little or no dead spot

    2) Change water

    3) Control your nutrient level

    4) Add carbon to absord the residual red slime chemical

    5) Turn on the usual equipments running in the tank

    6) Last but not least, the most important one : LET NATURE DO THE JOB and recreate the balance for u...

    Meanwhile, do not add any corals or fish.

    Take this lesson as learning experience.... I think u r pretty green in this area...

    totally agreed with Kareen. Used to suffer the same cyano problem but used the same method as mention by Kareen & it's solved. Though i dont know whether if it's due to me adding a FR? :unsure:

    Starting a FOWLR tank

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    Hi,

    I would like to convert my current 3ft planted tank to a fish only with live rock marine tank. It will only be a simple setup as i do not intent to venture into corals as yet.

    After reading thru the forum, below is my basic understanding. Please advice if it is correct.

    Basic equipment:

    Tank (from current planted tank)

    Filter (can i use internal filter?)

    lighting

    power head (Make current)

    overhead fan (cool down the temp)

    place sand and put in water (from mixing distilled water with sea salt).

    Let it cycle for 10 days before adding live rocks.

    Cycle again for 3 days before adding fishes.

    Is there anything i missed out?

    I read somewhere that if i am just keeping a few fishes and live rocks only i do not need to use a skimmer.

    Please advice.

    Thank you.

    Cheers!

    Andy

    I've cycle my rock with the sand for a month before adding fishes. Becos there's bound to have some die off from the rock initially, and also it will allow the beneficial bacteria to take place.

    I used to think that skimmer and FR is not important too, till my sand bed is covered with cyano and my rock got unwanted algea.

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