Nano setup possibly forsale.....

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by reefwars

not massive at all, if anything learn from this and its not a loss but something gained

if you were to set your tank up now , provide the right temp and flow and walk away for 6mths , you would come back to an ecosystem , it would need some cleaning and tlc but none the less provided it had the basics of what it needs it would grow....it doesnt need us to do that it needs us to provide the things it needs when it needs them....try saying that all ten times fast lol

reefkeeping is like gardening in the fact that if you dont allow time for things to grow or adjust , things go backwards instead

I might just empty invertebrates and leave tank for a month no water changes...

[Coralgurl]

Leave the inverts for now and go to weekly or bi weekly changes. A month may be too long.

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Leave the inverts for now and go to weekly or bi weekly changes. A month may be too long.

At water change time 10% or 50% oorrr what

[JmeJReefer]

I have got a brs reactor I have no use for. 20$ and some leftover bio pellets. Will help with phosphates n such....it just needs a pump and ur good to go!

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by JmeJReefer

I have got a brs reactor I have no use for. 20$ and some leftover bio pellets. Will help with phosphates n such....it just needs a pump and ur good to go!

I think I should be good for now thank you tho

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by nanoreefnewbie

I might just empty invertebrates and leave tank for a month no water changes...

the stars prob never had a chance to begin with , they do better in mature systems.

the snails can stay, so can the crabs.


ok for the record and im telling you this as a fact that 40ppm is nothing thats going to destroy your reef over night , you have time to slowly bring it down .

heres what you do:

youve already done plenty of water changes , so now just go weekly or bi weekly.

no more food hits the tank period.


turkey baste rocks and holes really squeeze the gunk out of there.

get your self a skimmer that works.

ask around for some pods, basically some cheato or even a scoop of sand to get some bio diversity in your tank.....thats a big problem with dry rock.


then.....walk away come back in 2 weeks, clean the tank out do another water change and again let it stable.


look into running some sort of media to battle phoshates.



in all honesty you want this tank for years right? so whats wrong with a small step out of the picture while the tank stabilizes.


a tank can go over a year before it completely stabilizes , in the mean time there are things we can do to help it along , but you cant rush nature it takes time.

cheers