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03-24-2012, 02:43 AM
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NO3 and PO4 can read 0 even if they are present. The algae will use them up so the levels are not detectable by the test kits. Regular water changes should help take care of it.
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72g bowfront, t5. 29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD. Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty. Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP. 
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03-24-2012, 02:47 AM
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Yep been changing 2.5 gallons every Wednesday seems to be working
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03-24-2012, 04:30 AM
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That's probably better. Stability is always best with a nano as the parameters can swing so easily.
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04-02-2012, 05:37 AM
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What did I get myself into?
Cyanobacteria sucks. Cant black out the tank cause the corals will die, and ive tried to suck it up but it grows fast. Almost all of it grows in behind the rockwork where I cant get anything in there. Ive got a small HOB for flow and a koralia 1 powerhead, maybe i should buy a small koralia nano powerhead and point it down in behind the rocks? The bigger powerhead is pointing upwards and to the center of the glass.
Seems like its all a dead spot in behind the rocks. Lots of frickin work on a nano tank... Plus I put some chemi-pure elite in the hob a couple weeks ago, rinsed it off on the last water change, and it spewed brown stuff all over the frickin place sand looks like sh!t. I sucked most of it out but wow what did I get myself into?!?!!?
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04-02-2012, 09:00 AM
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The common thing to hear in this hobby is; Nothing good ever happens fast in a saltwater tank. Try moving your rockwork forward just a bit so you can get at the Cyano behind it. Expect to have cycles over the next many months. It's normal with new tanks, regardless of the rock, sand or water you started with. The only thing you could have done differently is fully 'cook' the rock in a blacked-out rubbermaid, but you're past that now ( no, that doesn't mean boiling it ). Keep using phosphate removers of some kind as you are, and maybe don't re-use it. It's not that costly in the long run with a tank your size. Just stay focused on keeping it clean without going nuts on it. You have to let it mature some. It will calm down, and then you'll love it  +1 on a refractometer. You mentioned 1.025, then 1.023. 1.026 is a good target. The key, more than anything, is stability, not the exact parameters.
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04-14-2012, 05:19 PM
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Grrrrrrrrr
Cyano is taking over.... everything seems healthy but 3/4 of the sandbed is red and ive been sucking it out, changing the water with R/o water, using chemi pure elite and nothing is helping. Soon there will be no sand left to suck out. How ever the corals in my tank seem to be unaffected by it and look pretty healthy. The tank is only 2 months old so hopefully it will go away. Ive increased the flow by putting a maxi jet 600 power head and its like a wave pool in the tank. What else can I do?
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07-25-2012, 03:08 AM
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5 months in
So everything is coming together. Ive set up a biocube 29 and a 33g long as well. Lots of $$$$ and patience. What u guys think?
Stock List: 2x ocellaris clowns (tank raised), skunk cleaner (douche), candy cane, assorted zoas-palys, strange anenome, green finger leather, kenya tree, red/purple/green mushrooms, gsp (clowns hosting) various hermits and snails. Sorry bout the crappy pics, blackberry sucks.    
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