cycling tank

[takumee]

btw, i looking to sell my tank.

looking for a 2.5 x 2 x 2ft tall tank..anybody knows where other than N30?

[takumee]

anybody wants box fish?

i got 2 of them.

[Thexder]

wow..thats jia lat.

anybody wants? then why still sell when they are so lethal?

how about keeping only with their breed? poison kills also?

I've kept box fish before... they don't release poison easily. No worries at all. You can talk to Henry of ML about box fish keeping.

[Fuzzy]

anybody wants box fish?

i got 2 of them.

Keep enough water for a 50% change handy, if anything goes wrong change 50% water and run carbon in your filters, and you should be ok.

Don't stress them out or let other fish stress them out, heh.

I also don't dare to keep boxfish hee, maybe if you got a big biiiiig tank can try.

[takumee]

may i know is it normal that my water is a very chinese tea colour with normal light?

only with some blue light it gets a little whiter.

my skimmer is those baoyu compact type and no matter how i adjust the air flow, the end product is very light chinese tea.

is it the skimmer problem?

[stevenkoh08]

seeing all the posting and read up think fellow snr reefer may wanna add in the correct paremeter of the water as like no2 no3 ph dkh etc like this will lead a good start for beginner

[takumee]

u mean to say my no2 and no3 is causing my water to turn so yellowish?

but my tank so not smell so awful if you know what i mean.

[bugattilambo]

u mean to say my no2 and no3 is causing my water to turn so yellowish?

but my tank so not smell so awful if you know what i mean.

hmm ya no smell one this kinda things

when u on white light and the water is yellow most probably is ur sand that makes up the color

as ur sand is yellowish it kinda reflects when u on the light thus this colour

hmm my 2 cents :eyebrow:

[mitlancer]

hi all,

my jewel does not seem to open to its maximum. what is the reason?

my water parameters are okay.

also, my water temperature is at average 32 degree even though i open the lid whole day.

the skimmer is simply cannot skim very well. any other alternative.

Hi bro, IMHO, clown fish are usually paired, not schooled. So very high chance of fighting going to occur in the near future.

Your water temp is too high for corals. In fact, I had done a search in SRC that Gonio is one of the tough coral to handle. With 32 degrees, dun expect your gonio to open or stretch out. You can try putting somewhere there is flow to see if it improves the situation.

I had tried many different configurations for my wall mount tank (which is hopeless for reef) but to succumb to just Live Rocks and fishes. So if no proper chiller, I suggest you avoid corals.

Just my 2 cents worth of advice.

[takumee]

hmm ya no smell one this kinda things

when u on white light and the water is yellow most probably is ur sand that makes up the color

as ur sand is yellowish it kinda reflects when u on the light thus this colour

hmm my 2 cents :eyebrow:

its really yellow if you can see from this photo.

[joe6456I]

me still running as of now day 04 now.

thinking of getting some livestock now.

is it advisable base on the following options?

option 1: should i run for another 4wks?

option 2: run for 4wks first, introduce market prawn and run for another 6 wks

option 3: buy some crabs, prawns and damsell now.

bro ! dun be so excited slowly and steady

[eChan]

I'm cycling my tank now, Day 3. I've placed media like Seachem Seagel (carbon and phosphate remover) and Denitrate in my sump, is it appopriate at this stage? Should I remove it until it is cycled?

[kelvin70]

wow..thats jia lat.

anybody wants? then why still sell when they are so lethal?

how about keeping only with their breed? poison kills also?

wellcome to the hobby... you should listen to all old bird Avice..........

[Jameshong]

its really yellow if you can see from this photo.

What type of lighting do you use and color temperature?

If 6.5KK, definately yellowish...to balance up...on with actinic/blue light.

You can change to 10KK for whiter white w/o actinic blue lor !

[Solo77]

hi eChan, think no hard and fuss rule. It depends on your initial setup. If you start everything fresh and needs the bacteria to bloom, then in my opinion, you should remove them.....if you have live sand, rock, bacteria dose, etc, then good to have them to maintain good water quality. Just remember to reach through the cycling cycle - spike in amonia, etc and then back to zero.....if you put in too many media to improve your water, the initial reading may not represent well on your tank cycling....and you might have to take few reading to ascertain the cycling process....

just my humble comment and subject to correction from the experts....

I'm cycling my tank now, Day 3. I've placed media like Seachem Seagel (carbon and phosphate remover) and Denitrate in my sump, is it appopriate at this stage? Should I remove it until it is cycled?

[eChan]

hi eChan, think no hard and fuss rule. It depends on your initial setup. If you start everything fresh and needs the bacteria to bloom, then in my opinion, you should remove them.....if you have live sand, rock, bacteria dose, etc, then good to have them to maintain good water quality. Just remember to reach through the cycling cycle - spike in amonia, etc and then back to zero.....if you put in too many media to improve your water, the initial reading may not represent well on your tank cycling....and you might have to take few reading to ascertain the cycling process....

just my humble comment and subject to correction from the experts....

Thanks Solo77 for your advice. For now I think I shall leave it there first and monitor for the amonia and NOs cycle. Btw, I've LR and bateria dose. Running the skimmer though.

[Solo77]

all the best for your cycling. Try to cycle it longer and be patience. There is unexplained new tank syndrome(personal experience) that i encountered after cycling.....and believe it or not...you can be nemesis to certain livestock...wahahaha....initially i got problem keeping clowns....true pers and black clowns...even though my tank got other fishes like fire & fire goby, flame angel, etc. Only after almost half a year, then i manage to keep them. For a start, dont jump into exotic fishes and keep those tame and general livestock....and introduce those aggressive fishes as last entry.....but this hobby doesnt seem enough...must have self discipline......not easy for me.....Good luck dude.

[iskay]

Thanks Solo77 for your advice. For now I think I shall leave it there first and monitor for the amonia and NOs cycle. Btw, I've LR and bateria dose. Running the skimmer though.

eChan, there's tons of resources on tank cycling. check out the important topics in "New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby" section. Below are some links for you. The key in this hobby is patience. The longer you hold out buying livestock, the better the cycle will be.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/bionitrog.../a/aa042403.htm

http://fishwhisperer.homestead.com/articles.html

http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html