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03-25-2007, 04:39 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
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Just out of curiosity, how many of you out there have considered using dead or dry rock and live sand for your tanks? I've been considering this if and when I upgrade to a 220g tank for 2 reasons. The first is cost and the second is so I dont introduce unwanted diseases and parasites. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | 
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03-25-2007, 04:45 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 198
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i added the water about 4 days ago and i mixed the salt in the tank i have a just about everything i need to get started but i will post what i have already later on tonight... also how do i add my equipment to my profile??? | |
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03-25-2007, 05:18 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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go into user CP then "edit signature"
and i agree with everything they said  _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
Randall's Goby/Shrimp Pair * 3x Sexy Shrimp  | |
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03-25-2007, 06:31 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 198
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ok here is what i have for equipment. I am going to get more as a move along but money is getting tight. I am putting some cheap fish that thrive both in saltwater and in fresh to start my prosess. I went to use my testing equipment today and found that the instructions telling me what collor means what are missing so i am going to have to buy more next payday rofl.lol my signiture is not showing up thats weird
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03-25-2007, 06:40 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 198
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just seeing if my signiture is working. _________ 60 GAl w/ overflow:
aqua c urchin skimmer:
40 lbs sand with 40 lbs live sand
60 lbs L/R
Livestock: RIP 1 Clownfish 11 blue leg hermit crabs: Clibanarius tricolor 1 turbo snail: Turbo spp. 1 Pyramid top snail: Tectus spp. 2 Nerites: Nerita spp. 2 Aquarium fire worms: Eurythoe sp. many Micro brittle stars: Ophiactis spp.
1 Peppermint shrimp: Lysmata californica  | |
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03-25-2007, 09:54 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 22
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for me i done it with cycling my mixed water for 3weeks, then adding live rocks after it then cycle it with another 3weeks, hhmmmnnnn and what i've learned from the others, i got water from LFS here, my ratio is 50% mixed and 50% came from my local fish shop, cycling it for weeks is the important stuff,PLEASE BUY A TEST KIT!!! snails and hermit will be the next move, after that, try to get your test fish and see if it'll survive. then so on........and PATIENCE!..never get frustrated on what you're doing | |
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03-26-2007, 12:49 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 198
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yeah i have a test kit but it is a cheap dip test kit from walmart i think i am going to have to buy a better one. I put 2 mollies in last night i think it might have been 2 soon but a friend of mine who has been doing it for a long time said it would be fine, well anyways i woke up this morning and they were dead. | |
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03-26-2007, 04:29 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
Posts: 1,117
Karma: 166
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Definitely get a better test kit. I use seachem and american pharmaceuticals and I have had success with both. Don't use the red sea test kits or hagen, they are both considered blah. I used the red sea test kit and I had no readings and readings that were off. Salifert is the best but pricy. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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03-26-2007, 07:12 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 198
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is there a web site i can go to to order these kits? | |
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03-26-2007, 07:32 PM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 20
Posts: 45
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saltwaterfish.com has Salifert test kits on sale. Not all of them are in stock though.
Salifert Ammonia Test Kit 50 Tests $11.99
Salifert Boron Test Kit 25 Tests $14.99
Salifert Calcium Test Kit 50 Tests $14.99
Salifert Copper Test Kit 50 tests $10.99
Salifert Iodine Test Kit 40 Tests $21.99
Salifert Kh/Alk Test Kit 100 Tests $9.49
Salifert Magnesium Test Kit 50 Tests $15.99
Salifert Nitrate Test Kit 60 Tests $12.99
Salifert Nitrite Test Kit 60 Tests $9.99
Salifert pH Test Kit 50 Tests $8.99
Salifert Phosphate Test Kit 60 Tests $11.99
Salifert Silicate Test Kit 60 Tests $12.99
Salifert Strontium Test Kit 25 Tests $22.99 | |
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