[Redsuns Newbie Nano Tank]

Hi,

Nice setup..

Simple and Neat..

What are your current water parameters?

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I will update in case reefer back out.

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Want to give one carpet anemone.

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I am looking for super sun coral frags.

Please pm the price and location if you have.

Thanks in advance.

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I use brightwell reef biofuel in conjunction with microbacter7 to bring down my nitrates & phosphates.

Hi Sir Admiraltian,

Your suggestion work wonders.

Now 0 ppm Nitrate Thanks to Biofuel and Bacter7 and partial 10% WC.

Thanks again fellow reefers for the advices.

Water Parameters as of December 17, 2013

Salinity: 1.025

Ammonia: 0 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 0 ppm

Ph: 8.3

Alkalinity: 9 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Calcium: 450 ppm

Magnesium: 1300 ppm

[Red bamboo algae]

this species will go *sexual. not asexual. sexual reproduction means the release of spores/gametes etc that will cloud the water.

asexual is reproduction by spreading/budding/fragging etc.

also do note that in order to significantly reduce nitrates and phosphates, you will need alot... relative to water volume.

Hi Sir Lemon Lemon,

For a 65 gallon tank, how much red bamboo should I put?

I bought 1 bunch at coral farm last Saturday for 6sgd.

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Try to watch out for your KH. Don't let it go up some more.

MG is way too low. Pump it up to around 1350

PH also low.

Do a 30% water change to bring now your N03

Performed two 20% water changes.

NO3 still 10 ppm.

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Do note..

That changing of water might also bring up ur Kh level

Kh Level is the most important in terms of mag..

If Kh level is screwed up..then u got problem in balancing mag and calcium

Kh, Mg and Calcium all stable except Nitrate..

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Remember patience bro for the well being of long term success. =)

Thanks bro...

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Water Parameters as of December 09, 2013

Salinity: 1.025

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.2

Alkalinity: 10 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Calcium: 430 ppm

Magnesium: 1250 ppm

Already performed two 20% water changes and added Red Bamboo algae together with my chaeto in my refugium.

I still cant bring down Nitrate.

Any tricks of the trade or advice?

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IMHO, do a 10% water change and adjust your PH to 8.3 or so before putting in any LS. Also, add LS minimally and not a sudden increase as this would create imbalance to the parameters again due to nutrients exporting and absorbtion.

Thank you sir for the advice.

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Alk too high and mg a little low. I'll try to target 8-9 dkh and 1400mg

Noted on this.

Thank you sir.

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Water parameters as of December 3, 2013

Salinity: 1.024

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 0.2 ppm

Ph: 8.0

Alkalinity: 12 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Calcium: 440 ppm

Magnesium: 1140 ppm

Should be ok to start putting coral frags, digi and or monti's?

Kindly advice.

Thanks.

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Nice scaping

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Thank you for the comment..

Once everything reach 0 for ANN..

Will be adding corals and fish soon..

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Water Parameters as of 2013/11/28

Salinity: 1.025

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0.50 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.1

Alkalinity: 9.3 dKH or 3.30 meq/L

So far so good, right?

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My 2 cents would be since ur on ur 6th day of cycle, just leave the tank be and don't test for anything until it's cycled and ready for corals the only variable u could test is ANN.

This way u could prolong ur test kit's life span. During this cycle, ur tank will naturally equilibrate itself. Dont be worried about other parameters. Only when ur Ammonia & Nitrite is 0, then best u do a WC then tweak other parameters such as Ca & Alk for corals and such.

Hope this helps. And cheers!

Your advice is great and I will be able to save alot for the other test kits.

I will take this by heart and proceed other parameter testings after ANN are 0.

Thank you very much!

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Way the go, bro. Nice scape, hope to see more corals & fishes soon.

Thank you very much sir.

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bro, is the pH and Alkalinity unusually high?

Hi Bro,

The correct parameters based from the article I read are as follows:

PH should be between 8.1 ~ 8.3

Alkalinity between 7~11 dKH.

I am still on my 6th day cycling the tank and will keep monitoring water parameters.

Based from this article: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rhf/#9

"if the pH is above 8.5 and the alkalinity is not above 4 meq/L, then the aquarium is not fully equilibrated with carbon dioxide in the air."

But my alkalinity is above 4 meg/L, so i'm still reading more on this.

For alkalinity, I will start doing 5% water changes and continue to monitor.

Hope anyone can also provide inputs on this.

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Please close this thread.

I have decided to use existing MH and T5's and prioritize on other items.

Thank you so much.

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Moderator please close this thread.

I already got my return pump from a very nice reefer.

Thank you very much!

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Salinity: 1.024

Ammonia: 0.5 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.8

Alkalinity: 13.4 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Your Ammonia must be 0.

Noted on this sir.

Today is my 6th day cycling the tank.

Hopefully everything will get better soon.

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Bro

Yr KH will come down surely and eventually as yr corals and stuff consume and grow albeit water change is another viable way out but most imptly it is the essence of being able to keep all our parameters stable that will determine our long term success. Hope that helps.

Thanks bro.

Will do water parameter religiously to ensure water quality.

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Bro

Yr dKH seems to be on the high side ( generally keep it betw 7-9 wld be fine )

As for the amt of rocks , on retrospect, personally i reckoned u can in fact be able to stack up another level for both Twin Towers to facilitate future placement for those light loving corals such as Sps ( if u're going over to the Dark side ! )

Yeah its very high..

Please advice how to lower it?

Will 5% - 10% water change on a daily basis help lower Alkalinity?

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Water Parameters as of 2013/11/26

Salinity: 1.024

Ammonia: 0.5 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.8

Alkalinity: 13.4 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Any comments, suggestions and advices would be greatly appreciated.

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I like your scape bro. Gives better water circulation and hence debris management. Good height too. So water changes won't affect any LS on them. Not congested and fairly spacious for growth. At most can add a Causeway linking Singapore and Malaysia?

A bro advised to have proper water circulation that's why I came up with this scape.

Thank you very much for the comments.