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I would like the 8+ if u still have it. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Thanks for all the great help. I did use the ammonia, but more inportantly the reason why the bacteria did not live for long. What I though was enough on the ghost feeding was not enough to sustain the bio. I added the ammonia like everyone recommended and trippled what I was feeding. I am already seeing the results in just two days time. Diatom and nitrogen bubbles from new live rock. Thanks for all the great suggestions and support!

When you say ammonia, i have ammonia lock. Is that the same thing?

Ph 7.5 Ammonia 0 Cal 200 Kh 5 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Ph4 .25 Gh 1 Sal 1.25

Dogfish Numbers never changed all 0's across the boards. No drops and no rises.. As I stated earlier I started with a shrip in a mesh bag and did ghost fees. Once with a full cube of mysis shrimp followed by a full veggie kind reef food. The only thing right is the salinity 1.25 and my ph is 7.3 which im adding buffer again to bring it up. Started testing after the 4th day, and nothing registered, ever. No spikes or drops. My kits are brand new, even took samples to RCA to confirm. As far as the live rock it was removed but only to a bucketful of the same tank water until I replaced in the tank. Maybe 30 to 45 minutes I have tested every 3 to 4 days, with the exception of last week. No ammonia nitrate or nitrite spikes ever happened. I am going to retest right now all the way and post the complete results. One other thing, I used nothing but RCA'S salt water to start but have had to several gallon top offs with thier RO, over time of course. Not all at once.

Sorry if this is on the wrong section. I did not know where else to post it. A good while back I started the cycle on my 40 gallon. I used the frozen shrimp in the mesh bag method. About 1/2 way into cycle I decided it was not a good location. I use live sand (black Hawaiian). The tank was a little to close to a door knob so I decided to relocate it. Only other space I had was in a double window, so I bought some Black out curtains. I could not get the temp low enough there, but 5 weeks in the cycle was just about done, started adding live rock and invested in a cooler, but the algae was out of control in one strip of the tank. Move number 3, broke it back down, left just enough water to keep the sand wet, and about 15 gallons of the tank water. Even though I thought I was doing everything I could to save it the bio died off. I was ghost feeding and using bio booster. Basically repeating the same steps as before. I was absent for a little over a week last week. Got home and thought it would be close to being ready. 14 weeks. I am pretty sure that I lost all the bacteria from the live rock, and still adding the bio booster daily now. Even now at the end of week 14, it is like it never started the cycle. No measurments moving in either direction. No diatoms no bubbles on the rock. Should I just keep at it, or scrap it and start again with everything new? Flow is great, good lighting in place, but nothings moving. Is there something i am just not seeing? Greatful for any advice on this.

Sorry getting back on this so late. I just got out of the hospital. Do you still have the liverock?

How much live rock do you have? I could really use some for my new 40 gallon. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Just in case a back up is needed.

I can pitch a huge tent, run out extension cords all over the place and we can use my front yard!!!! LOL

I am starting this process blindly, so any input would be most welcomed. I purchased the tank used, so I am now starting the process of checking for leaks. I would have rather gone with a wooden style stand but they are not in my budget range. I figured I could get creative with some drapery if I feel the need to. Seeing all the undertank equipment dose not bother me. This one will be in my bedroom, how ever my bedroom is small, so after I am done with the leak check I will figure out placement later on. I do want to have the bottom drilled for the sump tank, but again after leak checking and placement. So far my first purchase was lighting. Fluval sea 25000k, 46 watt. It is their 2.0 version, although the new 3.0 version is just being released. I am aware it is not an actual true "wi-fi" set up like it clams to be. But I have no problems doing the adjustments by hand instead of an unstable app. I upgraded the same to my 20 long and see the tremendous changes with the newer lighting. I am going with the black Hawaiian substrate . I like the way it looks vs the white substrate. As I posted in the mentor section, I would like a mentor for this set up, as well as ask for help with the glass cutting, unless someone knows of a company that would be able to do it for me. If anyone has the equipment that could help, I would be more than happy to compensate you for your time for the drilling and helping with advice on setting up a 20 gallon sump tank.

Any chance of a spring frag swap? What about updates on our next meeting?

Not really sure. I googled it by that name, but to the fact I have never seen it open up at all. I just do not know.

I bought this one piece from our last vendor meet up and unfortunately I did not think to write down what it was called. I have moved it around a few times for lighting and flow. I have never seen it come out during the day, but I do not know if it might at night. Could someone take a gander and guess what it might be, and if it is still alive? It is not bleaching out and still has vibrant colors.