redseaapples
09/11/2016, 08:39 AM
ive been a member for ages ..had a few tanks over the years ..started with undergravels before wet dry was even invented ..now after a few years my original all in one wet dry is now a fresh tank which i was happy with ...but that ended up in me buying a broken 38 litre (all in one tank wet dry didnt work etc) which became my fresh shrimp tank for ages now ..well started with 11 red cherrys ..now probably a 100 in there ...but still i missed a marine tank until my mate brought me a 38 liter maybe less tall all in one wet dry ..well 6 months later now tank has cycled live rock looks ok ...no hideous hair algae so far ..all tests show 0 nitrite ammonia and nitrate is now zero as well as ive been doing the sugar dosing and it seems to work at about 1/8 teaspoon every day or so ...so to my question comment ..its great to see 0 nitrate and i only have one fish so far ...i am patient ..hes a scorpion fish so his tank mates are limited anyway ..he is happy eating ...but i lost my first leather coral seemed to have a cut at the base on the foot ...may have missed this when i bought it ...the only other coral is a small hammer type coral that seems fine but i dunno ..the water looks great tests good ..but i just get the feeling im missing something ..skimmer pulls dark greenish/brown skum ..i used deoinized water ..i want to put more corals but i want to know they will flourish not wither an die...i love the sugar idea but what else is it doing to the water ..seems weird putting sugar in ..i was always taught nutrient poor is better ...
thanks for reading my long first post in many years ..
thanks for reading my long first post in many years ..