Should I add seachem stability now or wait a while what would the pro's and cons be
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Jip, Stability will help with your cycle. I used it to cycle my tank.
Where in the WCape are you located?
Where in the WCape are you located?
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Where did you buy the Aquaray products?
Malmesbury and I got Aquarays from Francois
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Next year I want to go bigger and I'm looking into other light options. So far waiting for George (Waterboy) to complete their test on the Plasma unit. And would like to see the results on your LEDS.
Somebody in Wcape should have a PAR reader. Who can help?
Somebody in Wcape should have a PAR reader. Who can help?
Anybody with a PAR meter please contact me because we all want to know what these LEDS do
TO MASA!!!!Orka setup is looking good. You are in the right place my man.
Can you post more pic of your sump? If I'm right it looks like there is sand in your sump. Do you plan on n dsb. If so your sand must be atleast 120mm. Do you use anything to boost bacteria like BioDigest?:rockon:
First here is a picture of a hitchhiker I need to be id It does not always look so extended but maybe it is hungry and advice feed it or chuck it
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Hi Animal I am not sure what I am doing here i want it to be a refuge and you will see (not such a good photo) but the water comes in over some live rock abot 8kg and then flows over the sand and then overflows and gets pumped back into the tank I am going to be putting chaeto in there next week
Believe me you want to get rid of this..as you have already been told be sure to kill it 150%..200% if you must...
but it looks like a anenome and it normaly is not so extended and it has a foot piece. are you guys sure
Trust me the guys are sure
When I got my first tank EVERYTHING looked awesome to me... a couple of months down the line, and you realize that not every hitchhiker is a positive tank mate!!
I had a beautiful green Rugby field of Briopsis in my tank, because I thought: "What lovely looking feather-like algae"... big mistake!!!!
Hehe... Let the guy enjoy his Aips.... We all did...... We also never took the expert advice..... And then we went hunting for kalk, aiptasia x, joes juice, aips zappers, etc.... So we made our point... 
Yes OrkaHi Animal I am not sure what I am doing here i want it to be a refuge and you will see (not such a good photo) but the water comes in over some live rock abot 8kg and then flows over the sand and then overflows and gets pumped back into the tank I am going to be putting chaeto in there next week
The water that comes in does it go in to n first camber then overflows to your sand. The sand in your deep sand bed looks to shallow it must be atleast 120mm to 150mm deep to be populated by small creatures like, infauna, various worms, meiofauna the microbial colonies living in the sand. Where is your protein skimmers pump?
I have not got another picture but the water returns from the display into a chamber it then overflows to the two chambers one is the refuge and the other is the return pump and skimmer the skimmer is in the main chamber with everything else
The DSB should be 150mm deep.
But by the looks of the sand dunes, it does look like your return pump is to big for the sump. What rating is the pump, how high must it lift the water, and how wide (front to back) is your sump at the DSB section? See the difference in the water level above the sand and the top edge of the glass divider. What is that height difference? Itlooks like way more than 10mm.
From what I learn over time, is that the water flow must be good, but not too strong to cause sand movement. Not too slow to cause excess settlement on the DSB. And that flow rate is dependant on the width of the sump.
To have the same flow rate on a wide sump compared to a narrow sump, you would need a lot stronger return pump.
I will also increase the water level in return chamber. Have the water fall down maximum 30mm. That will reduce the amount of bubbles pulled down and being sucked up by the return pump.