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12-13-2009, 07:33 PM
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i havent checked the phosphate since i dont have a test for it yet.
im using ro water for water. its alittle hair algae and alot of some slimy looking stuff on everything. i have had hair algae in fw tanks and its the same as whats in this tank. 
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12-24-2009, 05:43 PM
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well the brown algae is about 95% gone now but the hair algae i kickin in good and in past few days starting getting some green colored algae on the rocks and alot of green colored algae that not hair algae, looks more like a fern than hair algae and is green. ill try and get a pic of the algae for better id.
should i get a turbo snail or something to eat some of the algae the tank has been set up for 25 days now.
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12-25-2009, 01:23 AM
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Probably ought to get some chaeto or other macroalgae to help out-compete the hair crud. At this point you can start adding clean up crew. To drip the mollies.....6-12 hours should suffice. The more gradual the better but Mollies are tough as nails. I like putting mollies in SW systems because they are very peaceful and herbivorus.....they do a pretty good job of scarfing green stuff.
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12-25-2009, 01:54 AM
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got an update? i to am about to start my first SW tank, but im going to "cheat" and get some live rock/sand from a established aquarium.
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01-10-2010, 04:36 PM
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did some water test today and my ph is getting lower was 8.2 last 2 weeks now 8.0 do i need to add some type of buffer or something to the tank? i dont have any test kits other than the ph,calcium,nit,nitate,ammonia
i did a 25% water change last week with ro water but didnt add anything to the tank but some chaeto to the hob filter. the hair algae is still growing like weeds and the turbo snail has done a good job of cleaning some of it up but still a mess. i was told the 12,000k bulb i have is the problem and i need to go with a 50/50 bulb and it would be better off. im thinking of getting a t5 fixture for the tank later this year but want to use the compact fixture for now since its new. i have a 5500k bulb i can replace the 12,000k with, is this ok for now or should i stay with the 12,00k? heres the water calcium 440 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 ph 8.0 salinity 1.021 Last edited by customdrumfinish; 01-10-2010 at 04:56 PM.
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01-10-2010, 04:54 PM
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after reading some im thinking i maybe need some seachem marine buffer?
heres a pic i just took of the algae festival lol i had some algae all over the glass to but i scrubbed it off few days ago, brown ( diatom) and hair algae was on the glass and still is in spots you can see in picture, i figured the brown would be gone by now? 
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01-12-2010, 10:55 PM
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well i went and bought the seachem buffer and added some to the tank tonight. hopefully i will get the ph under control.
should i be using any other chemicals to maintian the tanks parameters?
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02-04-2010, 01:30 AM
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heres a updated picture since the hair algae is gone!
and i have added some soft corals 2 weeks ago  7 days later added some more rock, crabs,snails and frags 
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03-08-2010, 05:40 PM
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since i havent updated in awhile heres some old/new pics!
feb 14th, added a pulsating zenia, 4lbs rock,purple boring urchin, nassirus snails i got from sea critters depot! nice stuff! finger leather from lfs only 15.00 and about 6" tall so i had to have it lol  march 6th 2010 I figured it up and i have right about 600.00 in the whole setup tank,stand,light,skimmer,powerhead, 35lb of rocks,fish,snails,urchin,sand,supplimets,food,test kits etc. everything is going great and im totally happy with the tank after only 3 months, i thought it would take me about a year to be where i am now lol. new additions reef octopus hob skimmer 24" dual 65watt fixture 12 lbs of rock i got from "a pet store" in sumter sc. the most corraline algae covered rocks ive ever seen for 5.00 lb, i mean purple lol 3 bar gobies yellow poylps purple polyp? misc mushrooms    
Last edited by customdrumfinish; 03-08-2010 at 05:49 PM.
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