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the longer you wait the easier things are in the long haul, as matt said add you cuc in a week or two once you amonia and nitrite levels are zip and you start seeing a decrease in nitrate levels (it will go up from where its at) The snails ect will start eating the algea and will poop which continues the cycle, about two weeks after that add a hardy corals (this actually helps things at this stage) if their lps start target feeding them lightly every second or third day to get the tank dealing with more nutrients and if everything is still going well add your first fish or shrimp about two weeks after that. Initially feed really lightly, bad water quality is ten times more likely to kill the fish than starvation.
Its also really important in nanos to feed high quality foods, try to steer clear of the frozen if you can and use a good quailty pellet, its much easier to simply not put excess nutrients in than it is to take them out
Its also really important in nanos to feed high quality foods, try to steer clear of the frozen if you can and use a good quailty pellet, its much easier to simply not put excess nutrients in than it is to take them out
Didn't we have an outline walkthrough as a sticky?
This has good potential Dave. Glad to see you on the board as well bud.
Its new with 4 days and counting. You have both ammonia and considerable nitrate readings showing.
Meaning its kicked off its heals early for some reason, wait and see what your tank produces via your test kits over the coming week.
As matty mentioned, cleanup crew can then be hot on the trail once your in the green.
This has good potential Dave. Glad to see you on the board as well bud.
Its new with 4 days and counting. You have both ammonia and considerable nitrate readings showing.
Meaning its kicked off its heals early for some reason, wait and see what your tank produces via your test kits over the coming week.
As matty mentioned, cleanup crew can then be hot on the trail once your in the green.
If your in sydney im happy to swing a hand full of turbos your way to get you going they are perfect for nanos because once they get breeding they tend to stay small because of the limited food source, stombs are really nice snails but they are bull dozers in nanos and need quiet a bit of sand to keep them happy. Id suggest some shrimp to add a bit of diversity to you clean up crew.
I use new life spectrum as a pellet and cyclopese to feed the corals, both a pricey but a little bit goes a long way.
I use new life spectrum as a pellet and cyclopese to feed the corals, both a pricey but a little bit goes a long way.
Awsome you are surrounded by reefing mecca !
Take a drive down to reefsecrets on the gold cost if you get a chance, they are one of the few shops in australia that seem to stock turbos at a decent price, you may also look at picking up some "sexy shrimp" they would be awesome in a tank that size and just pick at the live rock, fish poop and left over food.
You wouldnt have any trouble keeping half a dozen in there and they are one of the easier shrimp to breed and raise (will need a separate tank though)
Take a drive down to reefsecrets on the gold cost if you get a chance, they are one of the few shops in australia that seem to stock turbos at a decent price, you may also look at picking up some "sexy shrimp" they would be awesome in a tank that size and just pick at the live rock, fish poop and left over food.
You wouldnt have any trouble keeping half a dozen in there and they are one of the easier shrimp to breed and raise (will need a separate tank though)
Man, look at those colours. Almost makes me want to flip a trip and just stare!!! (what ever that is! :))
Tank update.
It looks like the tank has cycled already, got a full water test done with the LFS and they were amazed at how good the water readings were!!!
I lashed out and got a Trochus snail (Kevin). He's not actually the first resident, in the tank this morning there was a tiny grey shelled snail that has come out of the rock.
I made a night light with some blue LEDs from goood old JayCar and it looks really good, just a nice subtle light for a few hours of a night (on a timer).
The tank looks really healthy heaps of stuff hanging off the rock, some can be seen in the photos.
Looking for a place that's reasonably priced to buy a couple of corals. Any suggestions anyone??
It looks like the tank has cycled already, got a full water test done with the LFS and they were amazed at how good the water readings were!!!
I lashed out and got a Trochus snail (Kevin). He's not actually the first resident, in the tank this morning there was a tiny grey shelled snail that has come out of the rock.
I made a night light with some blue LEDs from goood old JayCar and it looks really good, just a nice subtle light for a few hours of a night (on a timer).
The tank looks really healthy heaps of stuff hanging off the rock, some can be seen in the photos.
Looking for a place that's reasonably priced to buy a couple of corals. Any suggestions anyone??
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