coral

[tansh]

Hi Im new to marine,currently my marine tank had been cycle for 1 week liaw,so far all my LR had been cure n lots of life thing growing on them n nice colour.Tested water parameter,NO2 0.3mg\l and NO3 12.5mg\l,hv not purchase NH3,4 tested but will get it soon.I will still let it cycle for another 2-3 weeks.

Once complete cycle will get some mushroom n soft corals first,but before i get them need to chk bro here whats the requiedment for mushroom n soft coral?

Currenly my temp is below 30 constandly everyday without using fans,is the temp ok for softcorals n mushroom? For lights i purchase 2 PL lights,1 light with 2 tude 18w each with blue n white colour,is this sufficent for soft corals n mushroom?

My tank spec

2.5ftX1.5ftX1.5ft IOS top overflow tank,no sump

12kg LR

2-3inchs DSB using C0 n C1 coral sand

biological using 1kg biohome n crush corals

Mechenical using biosponge n filter wool

Chemical using chemicure

No protein skimmer for my setup

[SharkBait]

For any corals,NH3 and NO2 has to be 0,NO3 has to close to 0,0 if possible.

[tansh]

For any corals,NH3 and NO2 has to be 0,NO3 has to close to 0,0 if possible.

Thats why i hv to cycle another 2-3 weeks to made sure NH3,4 zero,NO2 zero,N03 below 10ppm before getting them n also weather my requirement able to meet them or not,if not than i will go for FOWLR

Btw Im not intend to get lots of corals maybe 4-5 corals n 3-5 fish due to my limit tank size

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Hi,

The temp preferably must not exceed 29 degree.

U can purchase a cooling fan to lower it to between 25-27 degree esp when ur lights are on, the temp tends to go higher.

What's the wattage of ur PL lighting? 2 PL of 55w 10,000K is alrite for mushroom and soft corals.

But no not forget about the power heads for water circulation...it's very impt too

[Tanzy]

2-3" is hardly what I would consider deep for a DSB.

[tansh]

Hi,

The temp preferably must not exceed 29 degree.

U can purchase a cooling fan to lower it to between 25-27 degree esp when ur lights are on, the temp tends to go higher.

What's the wattage of ur PL lighting? 2 PL of 55w 10,000K is alrite for mushroom and soft corals.

But no not forget about the power heads for water circulation...it's very impt too

Im using 2000l\h flowrate powerhead more than enough for circulate.

[tansh]

2-3" is hardly what I would consider deep for a DSB.

My denitrification process is not on dsb but on biohome n LR,my dsb just act like nature look only

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

not on dsb but on biohome n LR

what's a biohome?

[SharkBait]

I think those are just like bio balls and will become nitrate factories sooner or later.

[tansh]

what's a biohome?

U can go to biohome homepage n chk it up,not really like bio balls.They can achive full nitrification cycle if i am not wrong but very $$$

[clowntrigger]

I have use it long time ago, trust me, why spend that kind of money when DSB is the way to go?

It is better to setup the system the right way in the begining then to modify it later... Go for DSB, you will never go wrong.