polarbear Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 first i wanted to know how long I should wait to dose my tank with the stuff i have after doing a water change. i just finished the water change and wasnt sure if i should wait until tomorrow to give things time to settle after the water change or if its ok to do it now. Another thing is, i have some kenya tree frags in my sump right now and i want to move them into my main tank. I was going to fresh water dip them in cause there was any flat worms left down there (since i had a little trouble with them a couple of weeks ago). will a fresh water dip hurt this type of coral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 You might consider a dip for when you dip corals... I've personally never done so, but I've heard that ReVive is a good dip to use and I think they have it at RCA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I have always dosed right after a water change, once the pumps are turned back on. My main concern is just that the items being dosed get circulated around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 If your sump is tied in with the main tank, and you had FW issues there, you have them in the main tank. If it is not tied together, then a dip might not be a bad idea. I'd second the revive over freshwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 thanks to each of you for helping out. i have another question. how can i lower my nitrates? they are sitting at 20 ppm. i already did a 5 gallon water change yesterday. its a 29 gallon biocube. the nitrates have been at this same level for awhile, even the last time i did a water change and things are doing well. Is there something i can by that will take some out as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Cutting back on feeding helps, as well as doing frequent water changes. Also, if you can find a place to put some macro algae, that will reduce your NO3 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 i have a refugium already with macro in it. and i only reed every other day. i might have to do a larger water change next time. is 20 ppm to high or is it ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 It's borderline, depending on the livestock. SPS wont tolerate it that high for long. Have you added some rock or has something died recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 well the sea urchin im trying to get rid of has been eating my xenia and killing it. no live stock has died though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 will nitra-zorb help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Do you have a hamster ball, or fry cage you could put him in? Throw some algae/nori in for him to live off of. Cant really see that him eating xenia being the cause, but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 i dont but someone might come get him tomorrow on a trade. i dont think its the cause since the nitrate level has been like this for awahile. i just cant get it down. do you think i should do a larger water change? if so how much on the 29 gallon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I'd do around 10 gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Thanks robb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 And once you trade off your urchin, the xenia might help reduce your nitrates. I think someone else on this board mentioned xenia being a nitrate remover. (And that urchin you should loan rent out to people to take care of their xenia weed problems ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 i was thinking about that. I need to get rid of it tonight. It ate one of my transpernt neon green mushrooms and i saw in munchin on my kenya tree last night. can you use a urchin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 i was thinking about that. I need to get rid of it tonight. It ate one of my transpernt neon green mushrooms and i saw in munchin on my kenya tree last night. can you use a urchin? Sorry, but I would like to keep the corals I have I went urchin free a while ago, as I had some pencil urchins that were boring into the rock work, and knocking things all over the place. You might take it into one of the LFS for some credit, most generally give you half of what they sell them for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 i was thinking about placeing him in the protien section of my refugium becuase I had plans for him in the 120g tank once i get it set up. Do you think he would be fine down there? theres a lot of coraline algae for him to munch on but the space is not that big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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