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Nate

ok i have a question, is hot glue ok to use in a reef tank, im in the process of making the HOB into a fuge, so im curious if i can use hot glue.

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

Why not just use aquarium safe silicone?


Lookin' good...what's the lighting on it?

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

i currently have a desk lamp with an 20 watt incandesent bulb in it, im probably gonna get a CF retro kit around christmas tho, the light i have now is just so i can see in the tank

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

ok, i checked my parameters that i can check until i get a real test kit, the one i have now is one where u dip the stick into the water, which i had it checked vs one at my LFS and it was pretty acurate, only a little differance
well, it doesnt have amonia, but my nitrItes were at 0, no color change at all, and my nitrAtes, had gone up to around 10ish so i think im gonna do a water change today, maybe in invert or two this weekend, im think of adding either a feather duster or a turbo snail.
i have some hair algea(probably from not having RO/DI water, i m trying to get soem soon) what kind of invert would work in a 5 1/2 gallon nano and help clear some of that up?
~sk8~

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

Ditch the incandescent ASAP.

As for the algae, pick up RO or RO/DI water from your LFS...and put in a little clean up crew...what snails are available to you locally?

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

i have to check at my LFS when i go on saturday, i basicaly go to the LFS every saturday. are there any good snails to look for that will help clean up some of the hair algea while i get ro/di water?

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

ok, i've had this goin for a couple weeks and i decided to post about it
heres the specs
5 1/2 gallon AGA tank
50w Heater
rio 90 powerhead
2-3 inch sandbed (guestamated)
5-6ish poinds fiji live rock
aqua-tech filter from a 10 gall, without the filter media, soon to be a little fuge for algeas

Livestock:
TBD



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its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

lol, totaly forgot the garbage bag trick, and having my PH's on will help it settle? i thought that would make it worse.

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

nope, it wont hurt at all...add the salt and get the live rock in the tank once your temp and salinity are good to go. The bacteria culture will help to weight the silt down

You didnt use the garbage bag trick did you?

The soupy mess your refering to is just fine sand particles suspended in the water, just give it some time and they will settle, make sure you are circulating the water, it will help.

Once you add the salt its going to become cloudy for a small amount of time again, but with good circulation it will pass.

i would suggest waiting a day or two before you throw your rock in after you add the salt, just to make sure that the parameters stay stable.



Nick
"Impossumable- unable to play dead"

update time, i got some caribsea arganite sand yesterday, got it in the tank and put water in, and i still have a soupy mess in there, any idea how long it should take to clear up?
also, will it hurt to add salt and LR while its still a soupy mess?

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

Nope, its def. not worth the extra money....all it is gonna have is possibly some bacteria. Use dry sand and your rock will take care of the rest

alright, i guess ill just get a 15lb bag, and is the "live sand" from caribsea really worth the extra money, thanks nate
~mark~

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

In a small tank, DSB's dont work anyway because there isnt enough area. Just go with what looks good.

BTW, the DSB "bad stuff" is just a bunch of bunk. If you take care of your tank and dont totally disturb the sand bed you wont have any problems

ok, so i dont have time to explain but its gonna be a 10 gallon, so water or anything in the tank, but im gonna get ready for that, and i cant decide what to do for a sand bed, i dont know if i want BB, but since its not SPS i dont think im gonna do that, but i heard bad thigns about DSB's, can i just put like a inch or two, just enough to be apealing without any problems, im about to order my sand maybe and im deciding between carib sea live sand or normal argamax sand.
~mark~


its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

well i added a turbo snail erlier today, he has been mowing down hair algea all day since hes been put in.

its me sk8freak20...i need to get premie so i can change my name back

I vote two, just because nobody should ever feel alone.

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

With the size of the tank, I would think that One snail (algae eating) would be good enough