Starting a 20 gallon this saturday ADViCE AND TIPS WELCOMED

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
waste of time imo unless u have fish that eat macro algae
 
woo i remember cycleing fun fun times! haha

how many days into the cycle are you? i made a note of all my readings during the cycle.....

lets have a cycle race! lol

fish cycles is a no no no nooooooooo that will be classed as cheating :D
 
amehel0;1810543; said:
waste of time imo unless u have fish that eat macro algae
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refugiums a waste of time? the macroalgae does much more than feed your fish - that's just one of the side benefits.
 
^ :werd:

nitrate remover, copepod production, detritus collection, and can also be a holding tank for mean fish damaged corals or pretty much anything else you'd want to seperate from your show tank
 
no im saying for a system like that a hob fuge is a waste of time. nitrates are removed by macro algaes nothing you cant have in the display. coepepods can grow and reproduce in the display. in such a small tank the fish options are rather limited and most people use fuges for macro algae in tanks where things eat the macro. imo save the cash and get a hob skimmer. i do agree on them being a seperate quarantine. i use fuges as well just not hob fuges.
 
well i was dumb enough to try keeping macro in my show tank (for nitate removal) trust me it's a bad idea....
 
the shrimp disinigrated guys and there was never a spike in ammonia....

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some algae started to form now is going away my teacher told me it could either be good or bad algae caused by the lighting how does it look...also a small little pink circle fuzzy thing is on the live rock looks like an organism of some sort
 
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