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Offline johncuth1170 (JohnC)

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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #30 on: January 17, 2011, 12:36:19 AM »
And here's the finished aquarium....I'll let the system settle over the next 3 weeks while continuing to monitor the water parameters.
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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #31 on: January 17, 2011, 08:02:58 AM »
That's 100% live rock? really, I wouldn't worry about Ca, Alkalinity etc.. until later if you want to add corals. It's really not that important for a FOWLR setup.
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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2011, 01:21:25 AM »
It was supposed to be...but I don't know how long it's been in the LFS's "curing" tanks. There certainly is "life" on and in the rocks but the diversity is not as much as I hoped. I can see a few sponges that are definitely growing, a few limpets, somethings that look like small barnacles, pods, a number of tube worms, something that's  hard red and knobbly (but is only 1/4 inch in diameter and 1/8th high but is growing - slowly), and a few really tiny crabs that I can see chowing down on what looks like some decaying matter. As for coralline - there is some purple, some light green (like the Tomally of a Lobster), a few spots of yellow (of all things), and various shades of brown. Can coralline be an off-white color? I can see layers of white calcification that's on top of some of the rocks (that's not the actual rocks itself).
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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2011, 01:30:52 PM »
The white usually means it's dead, but it sounds like you got a lot of goodies with it, so I wouldn't worry. Start monitoring your ammonia, nitrites and nitrates, and turn your skimmer on now if you want to. It can wait until you add life stock. Looks Good! Are you going to remove that blue sponge?
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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #34 on: January 28, 2011, 11:38:11 PM »
Yeah I removed the blue sponge now that the amount of micro bubbles has drastically reduced. Also now that I've introduced a photo-cycle I'm starting to see some purple growth  - which I was very happy to see. I'm also seeing a small amount of diatoms - I'm guessing my RO membrane needs replacing and so I'm getting some silicate coming through.

I've also introduced some chaeto into the aquaclear, a piece of codium and another macro algae into the main aquarium.

As for animals - a handful of ceriths, 5 nassarius, 5 medium/large nerites, and a few micro brittle stars are doing well.

Again I want to thank everyone for their help and advice - I had forgotten how fun this hobby could be.
I haven't seen any real change in water parameters - ammonia, NitrIte and NitrAte are all reading 0 and pH is holding steady at 8.2.
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Re: Making the leap...
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2011, 10:26:30 AM »
Good job! Diatoms are normal for the first few weeks. Wait it out, it will eventually go away.
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