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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Can you use Safestart in a brackish tank? | 
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I was consulting some people on the puffer forum about this, as they deal with brackish alot more than people here, and the consensus was that Tetra Safestart will usually work up to about 1.008SG, and Instant Ocean's BioSpira meant for SW will probably cover anything above that. So that's what I'm going to try for my 1.014SG tank | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Pink i just want to say have fun with your project love the puffs and happy birthday (early or late or on time anyways happy birthday)  | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| how are you going to attach the rocks together, silicone? | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yep. I already have some left over from a past project. I think I might have to make it in a few pieces though, I'm not strong enough to lift up 50 lbs into a 4' tall aquarium LOL | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| lol, you could probably just get in it it's so huge! | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah I probably could, lol | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Well, as of this morning we have a nitrite reading!!!  | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Haha you are getting there.  | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| From what I understand the nitrite phase takes 2x as long as the ammonia, in which case it will be another month til it's done... | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I can imagine u are getting super excited and can't wait to put everything together. I know that feeling myself. | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I am! I want to get this thing decorated and done cycling! My puffs are anxious lol | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| The puffs are fine You are anxious. LMAO.   | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer  When I get my own place it will be full of pets too lol. I can't wait.
I've played with snakes before. They are so fun, have the cutest faces, and are so chill. I knew this one snake that loved heavy metal lol it was hilarious. | Snakes are death ?, right back off topic haha sorry, cool for the nitrite readings D | |
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January 31st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I now have nitrates and lots of nitrites! Wahoo! Plus I added a small bottle of biospira to get things moving along so Kiwi can come
Oh, and I added the rocks in last night. Haven't got the sand in yet though... I keep procrastinating it lol | |
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January 31st, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Have you got some pics with the rocks in yet?  | |
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January 31st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Nope, not yet. I suppose I could take some now lol. Let's see if I'm not too lazy... | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah, so I fell asleep soon after posting that last one (it was 2AM), woke up at 6, then went and got ready for bed LOL. Well, here's the pic now. I was still too lazy to get the sand in... maybe tomorrow lol. And I'll also be adding plants as well.
Oh, and since I added the small bottle of biospira yesterday... well, it looks like it's working.  My nitrites appear to be going down a bit, as they were very high when I measured them before adding Biospira. Now they're at 1.0 and the ammonia was at .25 (so I added more ammonia). Hopefully this can be all ready to go by maybe tuesday.
Last edited by pinkfloydpuffer; February 1st, 2009 at 11:29 PM.
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I absolutely love the new tank and am definately jealous! | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hey PFP, your tank is looking great! I love the rocks. Good job on cycling.
I wanted to ask, you said you haven't added the sand yet, it's that going to be messy to add it after the waters already in? | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy Hey PFP, your tank is looking great! I love the rocks. Good job on cycling.
I wanted to ask, you said you haven't added the sand yet, it's that going to be messy to add it after the waters already in? | Yes, but unfortunately I got the tank set up before I got the sand, and wanted to get started on the cycle right away. I'm going to try to put it in as gently as possible though... | |
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February 1st, 2009
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Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer Yes, but unfortunately I got the tank set up before I got the sand, and wanted to get started on the cycle right away. I'm going to try to put it in as gently as possible though... | I'd love to see you trying to do that! I'm sure it'll look great when it's done, but it'll be messy! | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer Yes, but unfortunately I got the tank set up before I got the sand, and wanted to get started on the cycle right away. I'm going to try to put it in as gently as possible though... | wow....good luck with that!!! | |
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February 1st, 2009
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Originally Posted by Nick Goody I'd love to see you trying to do that! I'm sure it'll look great when it's done, but it'll be messy! | Yeah.... I'm gonna turn off the filter and remove the bubble wall for a bit when I put that in lol Quote:
Originally Posted by agabr123 wow....good luck with that!!! | Thanks lol | |
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February 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Ok, so...
my ammonia readings are dropping back down to almost 0 in one day, but nitrites are holding at 1.0ppm. I hope it drops soon, I want my Kiwi! lol | |
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February 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Oooo big tank  If only I could talk the husband into a huge tank like that...Is ok though as soon as my income taxes get back I am getting my Puff Babies so I will have tons of questions and pics for you guys too....again gratz on the monster tank I'm sure your boys will love it  | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Today readings were:
Ammonia: about 0 (prior to adding more ammonia)
Nitrite: 1.0
This is the third day in a row it's been at 1. I think I'll do a small PWC and see if that helps. I know I have nitrate readings, so I haven't been bothering with testing that. | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Readings are still 0 ammonia 1 nitrite.
But I got the sand in! Check it out, doesn't it look great?  | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| lol, i can see you! | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by agabr123 lol, i can see you! | 
Apparently cloudy tanks are more reflective than clear ones... | |
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