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Hi all, need your advice on below questions: 1. How many PPM of Nitrate is safe in aquarium? 2. Read a post that if all NH4, NO2 and NO3 are zeros during new tank cycling, it could be that the tank never went through ANN cycle. Is it true? 3. Since Nitrate is the final product of ANN cycle, will it finally reduce to zero? Today is the 18th day of my new tank cycling, the NH4 is 0 (first measure was 1PPM), NO2 is 0.1PPM (it was around 0.3~0.8PPM) and NO3 is around 5~10PPM (it was around 20PPM). Can I say that my tank has completed the cycling and it is ready for LS? 4. The filter wool is very dirty. Should I just replace it or clean it? I heard that it might contain beneficial bacteria? Is it true? 5. I have just measured my tap water using API NO3 test kit, the reading was 0. Read from forum that it is better to treat the tap water with Crstal Pro before pump it into the fish tank. Anyone has experience with this product? 3 stage or just single stage is good enough? 6. What could be the source for the high NO3 in the fish tank? My existing 1 1/2 ft tank read >40PPM. How can I reduce it? Do a water change? Please help.....

Hi, my tank is cycling now....Placed a market prawn on day 3 and remove on day 5... Day 5 Ammonia reading was around 1ppm.. Today is day 8! Below are the readings: PH: 8 to 8.3 (Using Tetra PH test kit) NH4: 0PPM (Using API NH4 test kit) NO2: <0.3PPM (Using Tetra test kit) NO3: 20PPM (Using API NO3 test kit) PO4: 0~0.25PPM (Using Aquarium Phamaceutical PO4 test kit) Wondering how accurate/realiable are the above test kits?....as the readings were taken by comparing the test tube to the color chart, it bounds to have some reading error.... Guys, do u all have any recommendation on the reliable test kit? Another question is what is this fellow as shown in the attached picture? I guess it came out from the liverocks....does it harmful? do i need to remove it? Thankz.....

Help!...have problem fixing the resun chiller!..... Can't fully tighten the cap...think it is obstructed by the rubber..try force it in but still cannot..water is leaking out from the gap. anybody experience this before? Tried to change the cap but cannot still cannot solve the problem..any recommendation on this?

Hi, Have setup my tank with sand and cyling now, going to add liverock tomorrow....however, i find that the water still very cloudy a few hours after i pour in all the sand. Normally how long does it take to get the clear water? last time my water of my 1 1/2 ft tank clear within 1 hr...is it because the flowrate of my return pump not strong enough? My tank has a overflow and sump at cabinet below, it is quite noisy....anyway to reduce its noise? I am thinking to add more filter wool to reduce the gap between pipe and filter wool...must I leave a bigger gap for oxygen exchange?

Thanks for the advice! Will receive my tank on this saturday, more questions follow: 1. Sand. heard that there are two type of sands available, grade 0 and 1. Which type is more suitable? 2. Rocks. most of my rocks are small pcs, do i need to get a bigger one as base? 3. Water. natural sea water can speed up the cycling process, thinking of get it from LFS. If not, will do the salt mixing with tap water. My biggest enemy for my existing nano tank (1 1/2 ft) is white spot. How do I prevent this when I add fish to my new tank next time?

Hi all, I will be setting up my 3ft tank soon...there are a few things which need all the seniors' advice: 1. As my 3ft tank will only be ready next weeks, i am curing the liverocks (purchased from fellow reefer here) now, using plastic container with pump on. Do I still need cure the liverocks when I placed them inside the tank? 2. Read from the website that using a pcs of prawn can speed up the curing process, do I need to put in all the filter materials (bio rings and etc) at this time? Need your advice please. Thank you. Rgrds, enseng

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Hi I am interested at your liverocks...but my tank is not ready yet. Do u think if you can hold the rocks for me temporally?

Hi, I am intesterest. Can post a picture of the live rocks that you have?