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Is there somewhere locally that sells the conversion kit??

Is there any chance your Test kit is faulty or expired? There should really be no way the nitrate is at 50ppm if your LR is already cured and you're using salt mix...

The eheim compact 1000 fits in just nicely, the elbow returns from the chiller to the tank. So basically instead of the return pump going straight back into the tank, it will be going OUT of the tank, through the chiller, then back into the tank. If you want I can try to get a photo of how I have mine piped.

There aren't supposed to be gas bubbles forming / released from the sandbed, so thats normal. 50ppm nitrate is pretty high though, what did you use to start the cycle, market prawn? Did you put like the whole thing in? lol. Maybe there was massive die off from stuff living on your live rocks, I wouldn't be too concerned with it at this point. What kind of water did you use to fill the tank? NSW or Salt mix? Don't do anything now, until the cycle completes. (Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0) But after the tank has cycled you might want to consider doing an 80% - 100% water change before you start introducing livestock. It will be easier to remove the nitrates now while the tank is empty, than it will be later when you have populated it. I like your rockscape btw! P.S. Is that a piano beside your tank?! Be careful with splash and salt creep :ph34r:

Hi if you are not posting pictures, you might want to at least indicate how many polyps per frag.

Far as I understand this sand is not meant to be used as a substrate for the main tank. Its usually used in sumps or refugiums, similar to Reef Mud, to add or replenish trace elements to the system. Its also pricey..

whats they pickup location?

I would be inclined to get that rock out of the tank and into a quarantine tank, ASAP. nice green zoos there btw.

CBS typically go for $5 or less a piece at most LFS. If you are quoted a figure significantly higher than this, you should probably walk away. Mine leaves my (slightly smaller) cleaner shrimp alone, and is actually quite shy, usually hiding in the rockwork. My cleaner shrimp on the other hand is always hungry and ready to take food from your hand at feeding time, the little guy will come and check you out whenever you put anything into the tank.

good price. I'd grab it if I needed one atm.

Additionally you might not want rocks to be resting on the glass. Leave enough space for an algae cleaning magnet to pass between LR and rock so you can clean the glass easier. Also it should improve circulation and reduce the amount of detritus that collects there.

Yeah this week has been a scorcher. My chillers have been working overtime.

If you're talking about the star shaped polyps. I believe that's Clavularia, I actually _paid_ money for a rock of this coral from GO, and you got it for free They only come out when your lights are on right? I don't think you have a problem, the bubble will probably sting the heck out of the poor guys if they get too close to it, your problem will be how to keep the bubble away from these cool polyps

yeah that was one of my concerns and why I haven't replaced the stock skimmer yet. I guess I can wedge filter media in the two outlets of the overflow and occasionally siphon out the detritus from the middle. I've not managed to find any pictures from people using the 9002 in their JBJ 28G yet. was going to post pics when I did mine.

Whoah bro, you got a Octaplegic crab? Going to put him in a betta box and try to nurse it back to health / keep it alive? Can the poor thing even feed without its filter arms?!

You need to at least invert or gently shake the sample tube and let the solution mix in thoroughly. You want the entire solution to turn blue, not just the drops contacting the surface. It is usually an indicator that you are quite close to turning the whole sample blue though.

He never made claims of his cup performing better than the stock tunze cup in the past though, that might be his new and improved design maybe?! ooh hmm good idea! hmm or half a ping pong ball i think would work too.

No the only additive I've ever dosed into this tank is Caribsea Purple up. Aside from that nothing has gone into this water aside from the LS and Hikari frozen mysis, frozen rotifers and TLF Marine snow. Mg levels are within optimal range.

What is the salinity of your water. Also are you using a salt mix or Natural Sea Water? You will have to answer all the above questions before we have enough information to even begin to be able to make suggestions.

Spot on. It just turned into all brown jelly. I think my flow was too high at the site I originally located it. Some tissue probably got torn and the brown jelly took over The plate got stripped to a bare skeleton in the span of 4 days, it had no chance at all. I've removed it from the tank.

I think this is the newest, lower cost design. Those pictures are of the older cups, not the newer ones with the blue acrylic top. There never used to be a JBJ Nanocube section on his page either, hehe. I'll give it a go when I test out this cup, if the performance is no good I'll go grumble at him and get it replaced, hehe.

ehehehe not likely I'll sell the StevieT cup. but I'll show you some pictures hehehe.

Mine is running with a Y-Joint that combines the two outlets and both go to the wooden airstone, heh. I have not seen any reviews of the TMC V2Skim 120 Nano Skimmer, so you might not want to go this route. Safer to stick with the Tunze 9002, as it will definately fit into the centre overflow chamber. Have to figure out where to relocate the filter media however, as the centre basket will no longer be there.

Um bro your tank is still being cycled and there is a poor clownfish in there? You're torturing it. Looks like you're running a canister for filtration? what is its flow rate and what media are you running inside the canister. Also you may want to invest in a wavemaker or two to keep water circulation going, Look at the Hydor Koralia 1 or Koralia 2 wavemakers. Your scape like some bros here have mentioned looks a bit unnatural, looks more like a tetris board than a reef, hehehe. Thats fine though, usually when using lots of small pieces it can end up like that easily. As long as you like the look of it, its fine.

NO2 should be 0 before you add any livestock to the tank at all. What is the tank size in litres? What is your Salinity? What is your ammonia reading? Temperature? Average and Maximum. How many KG of live rock? What kind of Skimmer? What substrate are you using? Livesand? Barebottom?