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Trabby 08-18-2010 05:43 AM

Looking awesome! Can't wait to see more!

StirCrazy 08-18-2010 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenmaster (Post 542308)
I did use an additive by Seachem... it's called StabilityŽ here is a quote off the bottle: "...contains synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."
I don't know why they put it like that... by the sounds of it it's all one type of bacterium.

no that would be more than one type of backteria, one for anerobic, one for aerobic, and then the other one. could be 30 different type, or could be 3.

I get a kick out of there discription to. had to look up synergistic to see how they were using it. they must have paid some one to make that sound nice as the actual meaning is
"...contains our hypothesis of how we thing they should act blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."

Steve

Lance 08-18-2010 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaloupa (Post 542309)
For controllers I really like my Neptune.......

I used Hagen's Cycle when I did the 300g at work...and it really did speed up the cycle very well! Never tried it before, and will use it again as it was great!


+1 on the controller and +1 on the Cycle

Greenmaster 08-18-2010 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StirCrazy (Post 542346)
no that would be more than one type of backteria, one for anerobic, one for aerobic, and then the other one. could be 30 different type, or could be 3.

I get a kick out of there discription to. had to look up synergistic to see how they were using it. they must have paid some one to make that sound nice as the actual meaning is
"...contains our hypothesis of how we thing they should act blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."

Steve

... it could be one kind or it could be 1 million all I was saying is they didn't need to put the "facultative" on there... a facultative bacterium can be both aerobic and anaerobic... they just switch processes when the oxygen is depleted.

Greenmaster 08-19-2010 04:17 AM

Parameter update.

Ammonia is at 0 (or very close)
Nitrites are at 0 (there may be some slight color but not even a 10th the color of the lowest reading)
Nitrates are dropping... it's at less then 5 now... I would say 2 or 2.5
PH is at 8.1-8.3... hard to tell.
I will have KH and Calcium tests tomorrow.

delo978 08-19-2010 04:30 PM

parameters looking good, I always find PH and phosphate really hard to read so I test them just as a backup but generally not worried if my tank is thriving.

Greenmaster 08-19-2010 06:41 PM

Ya I'll get a controller to read those :D

Greenmaster 08-20-2010 04:10 AM

So now the results are:

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
PH 8.1-8.3
KH 80
Calcium 360
Salinity/SG 1.0255

I will be adding one prawn every 2 days till I order my fish... 5 days before my fish are supposed to come I will add 5 prawns and take them out the night before my fish arrive.

abcha0s 08-20-2010 05:35 AM

Just curious... What is your theory on why you are seeing 0 nitrate. In your tank, what is consuming it?

Scubasteve23 08-20-2010 06:04 AM

its really starting to come together.. how much longer u figure before ull be able to start stocking it?


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