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Post by Tucker on Mar 25, 2014 20:00:38 GMT -5
Make sure to break in. Middle of the night it may suddenly decide to go haywire. Long story short I had 5 gallons of water on the floor.
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Post by Frank on Mar 25, 2014 20:05:17 GMT -5
Just stopped by petco and they have a ton of 40g tanks set out, must be for that upcoming sale.
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Post by Frank on Mar 28, 2014 15:48:43 GMT -5
Ewww. Ugly diatoms.  |
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Post by Pokahpolice on Mar 28, 2014 15:55:15 GMT -5
Comes with the territory. I'm still dealing with some myself (black sand). Diatoms eat silicates so once the silicates are all consumed in the tank your diatoms will die off. Just make sure you aren't adding any additional silicates into the tank. Turbo snails will do a number on diatoms as well. Get a few.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 29, 2014 8:09:56 GMT -5
Turkey Baster/Blaster
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Post by speedyron on Mar 29, 2014 15:14:52 GMT -5
+1 cuc
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Post by Frank on Apr 1, 2014 12:07:47 GMT -5
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Post by Frank on Apr 1, 2014 12:12:28 GMT -5
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Post by Frank on Apr 5, 2014 15:54:16 GMT -5
Well.... Everything seems to be testing out okay. But the snails seems to be dying which is now creating a secondary cycle.
Temp 80
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0.25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Phosphate 0
I do have a small algae bloom going on but I thought that was common at the end of your first cycle. Just checking to make sure I haven't screwed anything up major yet.
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Post by Tucker on Apr 5, 2014 17:06:43 GMT -5
You are fine. Sometimes ammonia tests can show a trace amount as .25 When it really doesn't have any. I generally don't worry about it unless it gets above that. Suprised at snail die off though.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 5, 2014 17:35:15 GMT -5
What kind of test kit are you using?
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Post by Frank on Apr 5, 2014 18:12:50 GMT -5
Api
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 5, 2014 19:13:16 GMT -5
Yeah there ok but they're not very accurate.
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Post by Tucker on Apr 5, 2014 22:39:01 GMT -5
Correct. Not at minute levels like that is what i have found. Varies by the batch with them.
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