chemistmike
01/31/2007, 11:28 PM
I tested my water today because I have my cleaner's arriving tomorrow, and I was curious as to how bad the water chemistry was for their addition. All tests were at minimum levels, or were non-detectable, as the color was at the bottom of the color scale or lighter on ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. This seems a little strange to me, since the tank is almost two weeks old, so I should have at least a readable ammonia level with some expected die off from the live rock.
Is it possible that with the high temperature problems I was having, that the nitrobacter and nitrosomona were not able to grow? I'm not sure if i would be able to believe this, as I am having green algae grow back from the rock, and am seeing other soft polyps popping up from the rock as well (at least one pink mushroom, and various small feathers). This means that the water was not hot enough to kill off sensitive animals. What do you guys think????
By the way, my cleaner crew arriving tomorrow is:
10 Nassarius Snails
2 Tonga Nassarius Snails
2 Nerite Snails
3 Trochus Snails
8 Marshall Island Electric Blue Hermits
2 Sexy Shrimp
1 Cleaner Shrimp
All from MarineDepot.com
Here are some updated pics of the tank as well.
The first is the new aquascaping. The water is a little hazy since I had just rearranged the rock work about 20 minutes before the picture.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610New_Rock_Work.JPG
This is a pic of the light mod from nanotuners.com. It is the 144W upgrade from the stock 72W. It also has the larger fans.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610New_Lights.JPG
This pic is of my chamber setup. I have Chemipure in chamber 1, with a cut-out piece of course Fluval filter media, which the water seems to flow through pretty well. If you notice, I have the filter media placed at an angle before the spill over into chamber 2, rather than at the intake of the overflow. I have found that keeping it at an angle maximizes the water flow to chamber 2, while achieving desired filtration, since the water has to flow over the spillover. Chamber 2 has my new Sapphire Skimmer. It has been working really well so far.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610Chambers.JPG
Lastly, this is a pic of the Sapphire at work. This collection of crud is only after 20-30 minutes after kicking up a bunch of stuff from moving all of my rocks around.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610Saphire_Skimmer.JPG
Is it possible that with the high temperature problems I was having, that the nitrobacter and nitrosomona were not able to grow? I'm not sure if i would be able to believe this, as I am having green algae grow back from the rock, and am seeing other soft polyps popping up from the rock as well (at least one pink mushroom, and various small feathers). This means that the water was not hot enough to kill off sensitive animals. What do you guys think????
By the way, my cleaner crew arriving tomorrow is:
10 Nassarius Snails
2 Tonga Nassarius Snails
2 Nerite Snails
3 Trochus Snails
8 Marshall Island Electric Blue Hermits
2 Sexy Shrimp
1 Cleaner Shrimp
All from MarineDepot.com
Here are some updated pics of the tank as well.
The first is the new aquascaping. The water is a little hazy since I had just rearranged the rock work about 20 minutes before the picture.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610New_Rock_Work.JPG
This is a pic of the light mod from nanotuners.com. It is the 144W upgrade from the stock 72W. It also has the larger fans.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610New_Lights.JPG
This pic is of my chamber setup. I have Chemipure in chamber 1, with a cut-out piece of course Fluval filter media, which the water seems to flow through pretty well. If you notice, I have the filter media placed at an angle before the spill over into chamber 2, rather than at the intake of the overflow. I have found that keeping it at an angle maximizes the water flow to chamber 2, while achieving desired filtration, since the water has to flow over the spillover. Chamber 2 has my new Sapphire Skimmer. It has been working really well so far.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610Chambers.JPG
Lastly, this is a pic of the Sapphire at work. This collection of crud is only after 20-30 minutes after kicking up a bunch of stuff from moving all of my rocks around.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/145610Saphire_Skimmer.JPG