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UNDRWATER · 08-23-2006, 07:01 PM

nope this is my second tank, My old tank was a 10 gallon Nano, I had to leave it in New York, moved out to Cally. it was adopted by my brother who is doing a real nice job with it. IT has been going for about 54 years now It just has been so long since I have set one up, it is all slowly coming back to me.. I am starting to get some brown algea on the sand, it has been 8 days since the tank is up, so I added an emerald crab, 4 hermits and three turbo snails.. They went straight to work cleaning the rocks.

D12monkey · 08-26-2006, 09:26 AM

8 days to cycle? That's pretty quick. You may want to keep an eye on your waste levels still... A very close eye.

joey10sl · 09-06-2006, 12:30 PM

Hows the tank doing now any new corals or fish?

jinenon · 11-16-2006, 11:28 PM

Is the so called "live rock filtration" system suppose to take care of nitrates?

FragOutpost · 11-17-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jinenon

Is the so called "live rock filtration" system suppose to take care of nitrates?

Yes, anaerobic bacteria that lives in the low oxygen environment of the pores of the rock and also in deep sand beds will consume nitrates in the water column.