My 1st SW build. Fluval Sea Evo 13.5
My very first SW. So Im a newbie and Im doing a nano. I know I shouldn't but I think I could! Any suggestions, guidance, comments will be appreciated.
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First initial set up by the window. Cycled with everything just stock filter media and chemipure blue. 11 lbs live rock, 20 lbs caribsea arag-alive, and Bio-spira.
Week 2.
After researching more. Moved it from by the window to my counter away from any sunlight.
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Added 2 clown fish, skunk cleaner shrimp and CUC. Also added Koralia nano 425.I know I did it too fast but I'm very impatient when it comes to this stuff but water parameters seemed fine.
To be continued. Im backtracking from when I started mid August.
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My 1st SW build. Fluval Sea Evo 13.5
So after maybe a month of cycling with the inhabitants and almost daily testing and stable I went to a local hobbyist and picked up some stuff.
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Pretty bleached BTA (pretty much free)
Red shrooms
Green zoas
Gsp
Anthelia?
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BTA moved ALOT! and is now stable here which Im okay with being hosted by the female clown and porcelain crab.
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And for the most up to date photo taken and aquascape I think Im gonna stick with for awhile. And after some impulse buys at Aqua SD weekend sales and ebay. This is what I came up with.
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And is now running current usa marine LED (swapping for the pro version) , tunze osmo nano ato w/ 3 gl kalk mix ro/di, koralia nano 425 & 240 w/ hydor wavemaker, in-tank media basket w/ filter floss, chemipure blue, marine pure spheres. Aqeon 100w heater set at 78. Red Sea coral pro salt.
Aiming for 2 gal water change a week but been doing more than that just because I can.
Water pars (redsea test kit)
1.025 salinity
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
5 nitrate
7-8 alkalinity
Haven't started testing for calcium and other stuff yet. Not quite there yet, just waiting for the redsea reef test kit.
More updates to come..
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