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No DT yet. Don't have the room. I'm growing My corals before I start one.

Measured pure dew water today also and I got 1ppm on a freshly opened container.

New m1-60 coral box LEDs added today.

It is a k4 40 unit from the nano 40.

You don't need to remove the bristle worms. They are good at cleaning up excess food and waste. If you found one there will most likely be more. Tank is progressing good though :thup:

Frag tank fully up and running now... I will be adding more light by the end of the week if mr courier man comes on time :bggrn: Some new toys, Everything installed under the desk nice and tidy, Local hermit crabs have already mowed any small bits of gha that came in on some frags,

Yes! Make sure you only get one sex. Males will be easiest and less chance of bringing in a pregnant female.

10min maybe I had 4 in a 130ltr and they didn't get rid of it. Just stopped it from getting worse than what it was.

I was told they do but when I used them to help cycle my marine tank, they didn't eat it, they only picked at it and pulled it off the rocks sometimes. I think you would need a few of them to make a difference.

A few people on here have had great success keeping a fully planted tank at 28-30deg c. High light, ferts, co2 and and a dedicated tank owner is all u need. My tank build is on here somewhere too.

You shouldn't have to soak the rock in acid. Just boil it, rinse all the crap out of it and dry it out before you begin your cycle in salt water. A lot of organic material will still fall off it so it would be good to have a bare bottom tank to siphon it out at water changes. Add your sand when your tank has cycled.

I have pmed you. I can make you a media rack if you like. I also have some egg crate if you need some. With the experience of my tank I would stack the media rack as follows: - bottom section, coral rubble. - mid section, purigen on bottom and carbon on top. You only need a small amount of carbon for 50ltrs of water and it should last 30 days. - top section, sponge or filter wool. If you load up the rack with too much media then you don't get very good water flow through it. As for the purigen, after 30-40 days (or when it turns a creamy brown color) you can recharge it by soaking it in a 1 part bleach 3 parts water solution until it turns white again, rinse it until you can't smell the bleach anymore and then pop it back in the media rack. I have seen there are different versions of this tank, one with the intake down the bottom and one with out. Mine didn't have this but I would seal it up because it isn't much use for a marine tank.

Most likely. The corals polyps will open more and generally look happier. You will definitely get less phosphates in your water and less nuisance algae will grow.

I haven't even had this tank for 3 months and I'm already upgrading. I didn't realise I was going to have this many corals. But my plan has now changed. I am focusing on the corals so building a frag tank to grow them to their full potential. Including keeping all parameters in check ( Ca,Mg,kH,K) and will hopefully use the zeovit system. Glass for the new tank + frag rack I built. I don't have room for a sump under my desk so I have built an overflow at one end of the tank where I will have a hang on skimmer and reactor. Will also have the heater, carbon and a little live rock. The back is painted black for better contrast against the coral colours and black doesn't seem to attract as much algae (or maybe algae is less noticeable on black). And the base is white to help reflect a little light to the underside of the corals. Will be transferring everything over in a few weeks when I have the tank set up how I want it.

Natural salt water is best way to do it. Just make sure u get the salinity right. Some times you need to add a bit of RODI water to it and adjust the alkalinity.

Run the tank for 2-3 months initially without sand and then when you are happy with how your tank has matured and algae has subsided, add a few cm of sand to your liking. It will save a lot of cleaning time during your cycle. Otherwise it is hard to look at all the sand covered in algae.

Reasons I don't have sand: 1. This isn't a display tank. If it was then yes I would. 2. I don't have anything to turn the sand over (hermit crabs, snails etc). 3. Hard to clean with the amount of corals in there covering the bottom. Tank is to small to move around everything. 4. It would become a detritus trap. 5. Harder to keep the water low nutrient with a thin layer of sand. I know it wouldn't cost much to do it but not worth it for what I'm doing here. My parameters are looking good now. The algae on the back wall has died off indicating not enough nutrients for it to keep growing.

I have filled this tank up with corals now and will most likely get a bigger one soon. Some photos of a few of the corals... All photos taken with my iPhone.

Do it yaself mate.

I would have bought that 1000ltr that was available a month ago if I had of known about your garage fish room. If you need a hand with building anything I'm keen to help.

:cophot: LOVE IT!

:thup: Nothing good can come from this.

Wish I had a garage :cry1:

Found some acro crabs on some of my corals. They are very tiny so photo isn't the best.

A few corals added