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Question Once the Ammonia and Nitrites drop to 0.00 should i then do a 100% water change ? or is that a waist of time and money.

haha ill take that as YEP

Come to think of it will this open a new bag of worms ? as in as soon as i turn the lights back on will the algae come back in full force ?.

oh yea very true.... Bugger ha-ha.

lights have been off for 3 days now and algae is starting to subside. will I still see the gas release ? Todays tests results. How are they looking guys ? normal ? pH 8.4 ammonia 2.0 ppm (mmg/L) nitrite 5.0 ppm (mmg/L) nitrate 20 ppm (mmg/L)

Sure do new pictures are as below this is the algae after i blow the crap out of with the power head.

Well after dislocating my right shoulder Friday night and spending over 4 hours in hospital. I managed to get my partner today to do a few test for me. The Diatoms as pretty much taken over my live rock i have pulled off any hair algae that started to form. all scraps have been collected up from the bottom of the tank. Tested Ammonia this morning its sitting between the shades of 4.0 - 8.0 ppm (mmg/L) im going to be doing a 20% water change so hopefully that will help bring it down. SG: 1.024 pH :8.2 Ammonia: 4.0 - 8.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrite: 1.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 10 ppm (mg/L) So how am i looking guys Thanks

Wow nice... So awesome i would love to keep one of these guys they are a beautiful spider and i have a great home for one. where can you find these guys around hamilton Cheers.

Oh awesome thanks puttputt.

Update.. I now have plenty of visible algae growing it’s the yellowy brown colour. The water parameters are as below. SG:1.025 pH:8.0-8.2 (Colour is hard to pick) Ammonia: 4 ppm (mg/L) Nitrite: 1.0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 10 ppm (mg/L) Photo Update Below is the maturing Diatoms on the live rock so far. This is the bottom of my tank should i be cleaning this up or wait for it to die off? How do you think it looks? Am I on track ?

Thanks, I’ll do some redecorating this weekend when I do a 20-30% water change and pop a pic or 2 up. Is an island layout better or can I put it hard up against the back. I understand this will make the back almost impossible to clean / scrape.

Iv been thinking.... Do i have to much rock ??

Sorry just realised i had not posted any pics of my rock-scape so here is a late update. Let me know what you think. there is approx 30kgs of rock in the display tank and 10kgs in the sump. THE SACK Damn this stuff is not cheap haha And the my tanks rock-scape you cant tell from this photo but the rocks are placed almost like an island with nothing touching the front or back only the sides.

Awesome got the foam to stop with a bit of filter mesh. Now to keep an eye on the water quality :lol:

Big help thank you Puttputt i have places some filter wool so its now above the water level in the sump that has stopped the foaming so at least the foam wont overflow. So what % water change do you think i should do. and yep no live stock for some time yet ha-ha i want to do this wright the first time.

Yes is is a Cycling tank this only stated once i added the dry rock :-? I did a few tests today SG: 1.025 pH :8.2 Ammonia: 0.500 Nitrite: 0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 0 ppm (mg/L)

Hey guys i have noticed over the last few days my overflow into the sump is really foaming up see the below picture. If you have any ideas or tips on how to stop this would be a big help. Cheers Aaron

My last one was $210 im flatting no heating 4 people. 400L tropical tank, 250L marine tank, 70L Tropical tank, 40L Live food tank. That is hi for us we usually are around $135ish

Cheers Puttputt i have just removed that we guy from the Refuge.

Thank you cant wait till its all up and running will keep everyone interested updated.

Update Today i made an overflow snorkel / silencer as you can see in the picture below as well as the HFF overflow guard. I also did a few tests today results below. :book: SG: 1.025 pH :8.2 Ammonia: 0.25 Nitrite: 0 ppm (mg/L) Nitrate: 0 ppm (mg/L) My refuge seaweeds seems to be doing really well. I also have some life growing in the refuge. is the below anemone a Pest ?? :poke:

Cheers Reef. I will need to pick yours and Puttputts brains in regards to best Rock work layout.

:oops: Sorry not sure what you mean Puttputt....I assume in regards to the DSB refuge ?

How the tank going mate

Thanks for the help guys i have treated them and they seem to be coming along nicely. Thanks Again