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    Red Sea Coral Pro Salt

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Btw ride on thread, do any of u still use supplements after using this salt? Aft thinking that weekly water change of say 10% would top up mineral lost of 10% and normal depletion of the remaining 90% via other means, ie; absorbtion of live stocks and such so not enough minerals. So what i feel is to supplement and dose as instructed by the manufacturers or dose in accordance to remaining amount of 90% of water? What's your views?

    Dymax xp30 skimmer micro bubble problem

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi all..:)

    Again another problem... Lol pls forgive me....:P

    Im using dymax xp30 protein skimmer for a couple of days while cycling my tank now. Problem is, there are alot of bubbles releasing from the top vents just beside the air intake knob Water level is below air intake knob as instructed by the manual given. Knob is almost closed, no noise also.

    Tried putting skimmer above and below what's instructed, tried closing and opening the air intake in gradual amounts also doesnt help. Is it because my skimmer is breaking in and its normal? Videos of people using this show nothing of such problems. How do i rectify or can i just ignore it if it doesnt affect anything?

    Anyone using this product before and others who solved similar problems pls advice. Thanks all in advance.:)

    Wavemaker flowrate and position?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi there Ezie.

    If you are keen on doing research, find out all you can before making any purchases. This will help prevent spending money on equipment that are not suitable for your needs.

    Since you have purchased the Seio 320, perhaps you could provide more information on your rock scape placement (a photo would be great), whether you have a sand bed or are you going barebottom, and the type of corals you plan to keep? All these will determine the placement of the wavemaker. A general rule of the thumb is if you have minimal or no dead spots (areas with very low or no flow / water movement), and you can keep ditritus suspended in the water column, you are doing good.

    Most corals generally do not like direct blasts, but laminar flow. Both poomoon and jamomatt have given good ideas on how to deflect direct flow.

    Getting top notch equipment is wonderful, but do consider if it is within your budget. Many have succeeded even with simple equipment, so plan well and get what you need, not what you want.

    Cheers! ^_^

    photo-28.jpg

    Hope this pic helps.:) yeap their replies did give a clear idea. i have a 5-7 cm depth of sandbed. Planning to keep polyps, mushroom, zoas and soft corals, all gradually and may add more to the sides if i get more corals.

    Thank u for ur input:) appreciate it.

    Wavemaker flowrate and position?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi there Ezie.

    If you are keen on doing research, find out all you can before making any purchases. This will help prevent spending money on equipment that are not suitable for your needs.

    Since you have purchased the Seio 320, perhaps you could provide more information on your rock scape placement (a photo would be great), whether you have a sand bed or are you going barebottom, and the type of corals you plan to keep? All these will determine the placement of the wavemaker. A general rule of the thumb is if you have minimal or no dead spots (areas with very low or no flow / water movement), and you can keep ditritus suspended in the water column, you are doing good.

    Most corals generally do not like direct blasts, but laminar flow. Both poomoon and jamomatt have given good ideas on how to deflect direct flow.

    Getting top notch equipment is wonderful, but do consider if it is within your budget. Many have succeeded even with simple equipment, so plan well and get what you need, not what you want.

    Cheers! ^_^

    photo-28.jpg

    Hope this pic helps.:) yeap their replies did give a clear idea. i have a 5-7 cm depth of sandbed. Planning to keep polyps, mushroom, zoas and soft corals, all gradually and may add more to the sides if i get more corals.

    Wavemaker flowrate and position?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    aiyah, simple solution lah, just go buy the vortech mp10es.

    Lol! Yeaa saw a shop using them. will get it when im more experienced. Wouldn't want to get sth of a higher end but cause problem because of my lack of experience using it efficiently. My main concern is more of how strong is enough and the replies before already sort of cleared my thoughts. Its really hard to decide or use common sense on sth im doing or researching for the first time and with so many different views even at the few popular shops i visited. Some say can, some not strong enough. My common sense at this point is if i got corals in future and they're sway nicely, not too strong, good enough. But im wrong as different corals=different needs. That was why i raised my concerns to see if enough and see if my flowrate would suit most corals or kill them instead and i know how easy it is to stress/kill my sensitive shrimps with strong currents whch made me think. Most places on the internet only tells u that a particular species needs low, med or high flowrate which sparked my questions too abt the flowrate.

    Hope u understand as im sure u being more experienced, know that insufficient or excess wouldnt be good also, thus that newbie questions of mine.:)

    Wavemaker flowrate and position?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi all!

    As usual a newbie like will ask questions and so your every input will be appreciated!:)

    Here goes,

    Just gotten a seio 320 with 1200l/hr flowrate for my 2x1x1 feet tank. Im planning to keep lps and soft corals in future with a few fishes.:)

    1) is the flowrate enough?

    2) if not what do u all recommend?(dont mind getting another if it does significant differences and efficincy)

    3) where exactly do i place it in the tank side?(have to take evaporation into consideration as im using fanso cannot put too high)

    4) which direction should it flow to? Diagonal, straight, downwards, upwards or?

    5) is it ok to on 24hrs?( saw mixed reviews on google)

    Thank u for your time and pls do give your answers! :)

    Lighting colour and cleaning of LR questions

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    maybe for live sand... you can just get off the shelf packet rather than you scout around for livesand.. For a 2ft tank it shouldnt be deep for your pocket. But if you consider eg carrib sea for a 5ft then.....another story. Think most of the items you need are avail at madpetz and they do deliver , except no livestock.

    Thank you! Guess carribsea is the more popular choice....:)

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