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Dan's Nuvo 16g

Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

Obviously its way too new. I already said it wasn't gonna have one for awhile. Way to dampen the mood Lol jk... and that's disheartening :/ thanks for crushing my dreams!
 
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Arce

Sobo's Reef said:
Do clowns still host mini/maxi/rock nems?
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Clowns host almost everything as long as whatever it is doesnt kill them lol. But for real, ive had clowns host a powerhead or heater and so on. If you want the look of a BTA get a nice sized frogspawn or torch and then introduce a clown to try to host it.
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Arce said:
Clowns host almost everything as long as whatever it is doesnt kill them lol. But for real, ive had clowns host a powerhead or heater and so on. If you want the look of a BTA get a nice sized frogspawn or torch and then introduce a clown to try to host it.
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In fact the hammer you sold me is being hosted by my son's two clowns.
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

See I've had a big frogspawn before and they wouldn't even look at it. I think they liked hosting my overflow with hair algae lmao
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

Yeah I got that feeling lol well hopefully I can get em to host something. Never had a true host so that would be cool.... Actually no I'm lying. My old clown hosted my flower pot coral once but he killed it lol
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

Well I know its early on but last night I added 5-6 small pieces of LR from my 150 in the chamber to help seed the tank. No results as of yet, ammo and nitrite are still 0ppm while my nitrates are at 2.5ppm. Salinity 1.025.
 
saltkreep88

saltkreep88

Sobo's Reef said:
Well I know its early on but last night I added 5-6 small pieces of LR from my 150 in the chamber to help seed the tank. No results as of yet, ammo and nitrite are still 0ppm while my nitrates are at 2.5ppm. Salinity 1.025.
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If you want the tank to actually cycle, you need to add a source of ammonia. I personally would not trust established rock to prevent a cycle once your clowns are in. I would not add the clowns in until to see evidence of the cycle, i.e high ammonia, then high nitrite, then finally high nitrate with zero nitrite and ammonia.
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

saltkreep88 said:
If you want the tank to actually cycle, you need to add a source of ammonia. I personally would not trust established rock to prevent a cycle once your clowns are in. I would not add the clowns in until to see evidence of the cycle, i.e high ammonia, then high nitrite, then finally high nitrate with zero nitrite and ammonia.
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Well that's why I added rubble from my sump of my 150. That's been in there for 6+ months so its gonna have some bacteria on it. I'm in no rush so I'll check it again in a few days and see where I'm at. If its not doing anything by then, I'll put a shrimp in there or something
 
jgraz

jgraz

Didn't all the rock come from you existing tank? If that's the case you won't see a cycle. The water won't add any bacteria but the rock from there is all you would need.
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

jgraz said:
Didn't all the rock come from you existing tank? If that's the case you won't see a cycle. The water won't add any bacteria but the rock from there is all you would need.
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The rubble rock I put into the back chamber is out of my sump but the main piece of rock was bought at Aquarium Center. Its "Reef Ready" rock that was in their tank.
 
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