my 46 Gallon

Mik_101 · #1 07-20-2007, 10:49 PM

OK it has been a month of cyceling in a few days( about 4) and I am going to wait 1 more week befor getting a fire goby what wher the experinces you have had with a fire goby fo I need to add a glass top onto my tank to orvent him from jumping out.

Jason McK · #2 07-20-2007, 11:35 PM

Hey Mik the Rock work looks great. Lots of good holes and caves.

It really isn't a time thing with cycling the tank. it a chemistry thing. Since you've added more rock your cycle will have started again. All be it smaller as it came from an established tank.
first you MUST wait until your ammonia is zero and your Nitrites are also ZERO. Then you can perform a water change to bring your Nitrates down. some time after this you will begin to get really bad brown algae outbreak and every attempt to get rid of it will fail. This Brown algae cycle takes between 2 weeks and a lot longer. During this you can get a clean up crew and fish but you need to go slow. One day when your just about to end it all because of the brown algae you will wake up look at the tank and it will have disappeared.
That is truly when your tank is "Cycled"

J

Mik_101 · #3 07-21-2007, 07:05 PM

Hear are the water parlaments for today

Ca=465ppm(to high for my likeing)
SG=1.023
Ammonia+0.25
No2=0
No3=0
pH=8.6

Mik_101 · #4 07-21-2007, 07:37 PM

Ok hear are some pictures of my corals and 1 fish.
My clownfish (i have 2)

some mushrooms

new and final aquascape

monti

acropora

hirey mushrooms

another monti

Mik_101 · #5 07-21-2007, 07:43 PM

Sorrey about the bad pictures.

michika · #6 07-21-2007, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mik_101

Hear are the water parlaments for today

Ca=465ppm(to high for my likeing)
SG=1.023
Ammonia+0.25
No2=0
No3=0
pH=8.6

Your Calcium is okay, its of no danger to your system for it to be a bit high. Don't worry about it.

You still probably want to raise your SG to around 1.024-1.026. Your cycle may be restarting because of your new rock, or it could be ending keep testing, but you can definitely see a change. I think your pH is a bit on the high side as well. You may want to try a water change to combat that.

Do you have an alkalinity test?

Some of your SPS look like they are receeding, or experiencing RTN (rapid tissue necrosis). Have you seen changes in them over time, or have they always been like that?

Mik_101 · #7 07-21-2007, 09:22 PM

They have beem like that scince i got them one has grew.

michika · #8 07-21-2007, 09:27 PM

Well hopefully they will reclaim their abandon skeletons and you'll start to see some new colors and growth develop!

Mik_101 · #9 07-21-2007, 09:31 PM

Do you think my lights are strong enough. The corals are about 9-10 inches in the water and im planing to have all sps on the topand just before the middle and then softies and LPS.

Mik_101 · #10 08-03-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by michika

Well hopefully they will reclaim their abandon skeletons and you'll start to see some new colors and growth develop!

The coral reclaiming it's abandoned skin and is getting a florescent green color I will post some pictures as soon as I get new batteries in my camera.
I got a new acropora from OA(ocean aquatics) its quite nice and starting to color up at the base and the tips. The tip are blue and the base of the coral is florescent green. The middle par is getting a green tip. I am hoping that the whole coral will color up. BTW it is a frag.

My water parliaments are as follows.
Temp. 80 degrees Fahrenheit
SG. 1.024
pH. 8.4
Mg. 1026(on the raise got to take it in to get it re tested)
Ca. 425
Dkh. 10.6
No2. 0
No3. 0
Ammonia. 0

I am getting some more flow into my tank when I buy the tunze nano stream 6055(I believe) and later on a Koralia 4 power head witch will bring my flow up to about 2000 gph. ( will this be to much flow for my 46?)