Nc 12 Dx Start date 17/ 08/06 - First SW :D

[drty811]

if theres to much oxygen in the water it will bubble up. you dont have anything in the tank to use oxygen. or the algae will produce oxygen and then it will bubble up. nothing wrong with it, it happens to me all the time.

 

[reefermike]

phew thanks a lot ... i thought i has a spike of something. Ok well im going to start some research on my clean up crew. I know what to get just not how many. I dont want them to starve. :maitre I must now be loyal to my tank

 

[reefermike]

so here is what i think my clean up crew should consit of base on some research

12 snails in total = 1 per gallon

4 astrea snail
4 cerith snail
4 nerite snail


1 emerald crab?

4 hermits - red leg hermit, left handed hermit, blue legged hermit

1 blood or candy cane shrimp


i hope im on the right track... is this to much to add at one? Can i add 1 fish as well?

 

[EDGRAY]

Well in my opinion skip the astra sneils and add instead some nassarius snails for sterring your sand, and well add cleaning crew first see how it does and in a week or so add your first fish just to be safe... about blood shrimp is a good choice but if your plan is to see him over your tank that wont happen that much he will hide alot and come out when lights off or feeding time, why not consider a cleaner shrimp nice ones too and they are more in the open...

EDDY..

 

[reefermike]

ok so 4 nassarius snails then ... what about the hermits? and the emerald crab? by the way the bubbles cleared phew

could i get away with adding a small coral frag as well tho?

 

[TimSchmidt]

Fight the urge and go slow. Not sure on the emerald crab, but I don't see any harm in adding some hermits. Make sure to have an empty shell or two to prevent Hermit Crab Deathmatch.

 

[reefermike]

Im going slow.. i just noticed from other threads and people who have documented that some have put LR in and corals right away and some a week ... i will get my clean up crew for now and maybe next week i will get me a clown fish and some coral i can wait this hobbie is way to exciting

 

[reefman23]

IMO, skip the emerald.

Jesse

 

[reefermike]

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[reefermike]

SG = 1.023
ammonia = 0
nitrites= 0
nitrates = 5 or less mg/L
phosphate = 0.25 mg/L
pH = 7.8
alkalinity = 3.75 mEq/L
calcium = 540 ppm

are my parameters as of today. is 1.023 to low?

 

[reefman23]

Sounds good... pH could be a little higher. Aim for 8.0-8.2

Jesse

 

[EDGRAY]

SG = 1.023
ammonia = 0
nitrites= 0
nitrates = 5 or less mg/L
phosphate = 0.25 mg/L
pH = 7.8
alkalinity = 3.75 mEq/L
calcium = 540 ppm

are my parameters as of today. is 1.023 to low?

Your SG is fine as me and other agree that 1.023 is the ideal some keep it arround 1.025-1.027.... but the range is 1.020 to 1.030.. so you are more than fine..

Now your PH is low you should keep it as 80 being the lower... if you can keep it at 82 thats the ideal value so... what to do??

first test the water you using for water change if low PH put some PH buffer so tank PH gets on ideal value and well test PH 2 days after using buffer, also some will say dont add buffer just weekly water changes will estabilize your PH so my thing is how you want to raise your PH when PH of water u use has lower PH that will never help you to raise your PH but if the water u using for water changes has around 8.0-8.2 then you dont need to use buffer eventually your tank will have steady PH levels ok... HTH..

ED

 

[reefermike]

how much buffer do you use? i have the seachem buffer. By the way i have 2 ph test. high and low range ph test. when i use the high range the colour in the tube does not match any on the test sheet. When i use low range it gives me the highest ph on that card. What i dont get is, the 2 overlap. low range being up to 7.6 and high range starting at 7.4

 

[EDGRAY]

How much buffer reed instruccions add as directed then test water in 2 days and see how PH if low alittle bit more if high leave it!... anyways thats kinda odd about your test kit get a normal dip test for marine fish or other brand of PH like salifer (the best) and test it ok since not sure what test kit or brand you are using..

ED

 

[TimSchmidt]

Try a salifert test. I hear they are great.

 

[reefermike]

ok so i havent posted in a long while. My tank bloomed with tons of green hair algee after the diatoms and tons of air bubbles. So i tried to get rid of the the algea with a turkey baster and it wouldnt come off so i scubed it with a tooth brush as thats wut i saw to do on another post and re scaped everything and didnt a almost complete water change. i still have no clean up crew. The guy im getting everything from hasnt been in contact. SO maybe this week ill jsut go to big als and get a few shrimp and hermits. Also i was sure there was no life in the tank, no copods(not sure how to spell it) or feather dusters. till i looked today and there way this almost invisible carpet thing no longer then 1/4" with a white dot in the middle of it Sorta like a jelly fish with no tenticles moving around on my LR, any one tell me what it was? Hectic month im trying to get back on track :wh :wh

 

[drty811]

might be some sort of sea slug or sea hair.

 

[reefermike]

that sounds interesting. Ok well after i did all that and now let the tank settle. I noticed some purple coraline in some places. P.S. i reaaly need my clean up crew. I have no idea on prices for shirmps, hermits and snails.. maybe someone can post a price range.

Tested Parms-

phosphate = 0 mg/L
Kh = 380 mg/L :O wow too high no?
Gh= 1140 mg/L ++ :O
Nitrate= 0
Nitrite= 0
ammonia= 0
calcium= 280 ppm
Ph= 8.1-8.2 (previous problems and results were affected my lighting)
Alkalinity= 8 mEq/L or 400 ppm
salinity= 1.024

Ok so some things here are out of wack so im doing a water change with my 72 gallon which has only saltwater in it. Hopefully everything is A 0 k

i no theres alot of random posts .. im using this as my log better then writing down and at least i can get opionions

 

[reefermike]

Ok water change done about 40% and alkalinity is down to 6 mEq/L I guess one more water change is in need and also have to test the other parameters to see the change

 

[AlexfromSATX]

today and there way this almost invisible carpet thing no longer then 1/4" with a white dot in the middle of it Sorta like a jelly fish with no tenticles

If it is flat with a ribbon cut tail (See quick Sketch Below), it could be a flat worm...


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II II <----- tail of Flat Worm