2.7 Gallon Pico

[mrhasan]

I think Caulerpa for a 2.5g would be a very bad idea since it can easily take over the aquarium or kill the system if it becomes angry. Cheato would be the best option.

[Beano1169]

Thanks! Ill make sure to dump it asap

[mrhasan]

NO NO NO! Don't just dump it. Leave it outside your house in sun for a day or two for it to dry out and die and then wrap it up in a tight bag or something and then dump it.

[Beano1169]

hahaha well I was just gonna leave it in the alley way in the sun lol But come to mention it I did read up on the feather caulerpa and I guess it can live in cold water as well so Ill make sure to discard of it properly

[mrhasan]

Phew you just saved Calgary from a caulerpa infestation :P Jk

[Beano1169]

hahah funny guy :P
I was curious should I even be using macro in my tank
Cause I have heard that possibly all I need is carbon and gfo and filter floss. I would like to run macro so I can have a base for my bigger start up but if it would be better not too I can always get some chemi pure some purigen and filter floss. any suggestions?

[mrhasan]

Well I don't think GFO and filter floss would be much of use for such a small system. Carbon would be an important thing since softies like to do funny things in the water and carbon is really helpful to suck those out.

For my 20 gallon, I use a HOB skimmer, 2 aqueon 20 filters (one filled with LR rubbles + carbon + phospad and the other one has two chemi-pure elite and I will be adding purigen at the end of this month) and till now, I have not done any WC for the last two months other than top-off and dilution of salinity. On 8th, when I left the country for vacation, my nitrate was undetectable (was running for more than a month) and hopefully after coming back to Calgary, I am expecting to see very small (maybe 5ppm) or undetectable nitrate. If undetectable, they I will consider my filtration to be perfect for my tank

[Beano1169]

cool cool, thats good to know. Yah I just have purigen in there LR and that feather crap. So if I take the algae out you dont think my Nitrites and nitrates will spike do you. I am only concerned because I am getting some frags today and I dont want the system to have any issues, cause so far everything is perfect
NH4- 0
No2 - 0
No3 - 0
Ph - 8-8.2 (little low but meh)

[mrhasan]

Hard to say. Maybe a more experienced member can answer this (I am newby but I did my homework well that's all ). Get a thread open. That way, you should be able to get your answer.

About the pH, I think mine is even low (prolly close to 7.9 or something) so I have ordered a digital meter for $10 from ebay and should be getting it soon. Better to get accurate reading for pH since the decimal values matter :P

[Beano1169]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Hard to say. Maybe a more experienced member can answer this (I am newby but I did my homework well that's all ). Get a thread open. That way, you should be able to get your answer.

About the pH, I think mine is even low (prolly close to 7.9 or something) so I have ordered a digital meter for $10 from ebay and should be getting it soon. Better to get accurate reading for pH since the decimal values matter :P

haha this is very true! I may have to look into that as well dont want my tank to get all goofy on me :P