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02-28-2008, 04:12 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Iowa
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 |  I'm the mama
My son said I'd be posting shortly..it just took me awhile to figure out how to do it. I'm just starting with a 45 gallon tall tank...I'd like a beautiful reef tank with as much coral as I can have. (and a Nemo and Dory for one grandson..and other TBD).
I have 65# of live rock (40# from somebody in SF who was going out of business and 25# from somebody in Omaha taking down their tank). I'm not sure how much of it is actually "live" other than being in somebody's tank before. I also have 20#'s of LS from PetSmart and another 20# of regular sand. I just got the tank set up last Sunday and tested the water last night.
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite -0
Nitrate - 5
pH - 8.8 ( used 30 g of RO water to start along with about 5 or 8 gallons of seed water from some of the LR).
Not sure if my tank has/is cycling or what's happening yet with the above reading....
Thanks for all the information here !! _________ Polly Plankton
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02-28-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Horrid Stonefish
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 35
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Your PH seems to be a bit high. my PH is at 8.4. | |
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02-28-2008, 04:26 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Its too early to see any NH3 or No2 yet, you just started. Dont put anything in the tank until 12 weeks have passed by. After the 12 weeks test your water again. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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02-28-2008, 04:58 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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Hello!
Good luck with your new tank!!
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
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02-28-2008, 10:33 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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To 3Reef!!! Hi Mama!
Salutations! Glad to see you found way here!
Looking forward to hearing about tanks progress.
Good Luck!
Scott _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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02-29-2008, 10:35 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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welcome to the 3reef,
Sounds like your on your way, now for the waiting to finnish this is the hard part  I think that if you want then you could introduce a small damsel to your tank in another two or three weeks as your probably about to see a jump in your ammonia anytime soon with the introduction of all that live rock.after it starts to level/drop then get a hardy little damsel.
Oh and by the way a Dory is a fish best suited to a 55gl+ tank they dont do too super in smallish tanks.
Dont forget to keep your youngan online doing the investigating as this is time well spent!!! _________ 
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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02-29-2008, 01:10 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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A hippo tang (Dory) should be kept in bare minimum of 75 gallons IMO. If a yellow tamg technically shouldnt be in a 55, than a hippo must go farther. _________  | |
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02-29-2008, 01:57 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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