new nano cube!

[Skurvey Dog]

Things look like they are coming along nicely. It's good that you are very patient. You have some nice size LR. You can keep moving it around till you find something you like. You might want to make sure you have room between the sides and LR to for easy cleaning. :-)

[CarmieJo]

The coral looks like some kind of polyps. In the vid they kind of look yellowish at times. If so, they may be yellow polyps. They are very pretty and quite hardy.

The rock looks good. I like to set mine up on PVC stands like these. http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/co...s-135-gal-Reef

[reefbeginer]

koralia pump for water movement and maybe a hitch hiker? i think its dead...

[rayme07]

Awesome, Congrats. I have no clue what the hitchhiker is though its hard to see. Sorry

[reefbeginer]

yea i had to take with iphone then send to email cuz my camera wont switch off video no madder what i do. haha

[reefbeginer]

new hitchhiker to tiny to get a pic. either a really small aptasia or a really small polyp. idk

[rayme07]

Does it look like this:

[reefbeginer]

it has like a clear body and brown top and is prob no bigger than the head of a small screw.

[CarmieJo]

Does the top have tentacles like in the pic from Raymond?

[reefbeginer]

yes it duz. little tiny ones.

[techguy]

Uh oh, let me guess Aiptasia.

[reefbeginer]

if it is luckily its not in my DT its just in this little aquarium i put my left over live rock in!

[CarmieJo]

It does kind of sound like it might be an aiptasia. I'd keep an eye on it since it is not in the DT and see if it grows or multiplies.

[reefbeginer]

its grown alot! quick question what would be an ideal clean up crew? and how would i know if my tanks cycled cuz ive tested and only cot nitrite reading which were very small. bout to test again and ill let yall know. rocks ben in since last thursday so 6 days and tomorrow will be day number 7.

[CarmieJo]

Your tank is cycled when the ammonia and nitrite are both 0.

[reefbeginer]

ok. duz algae have to grow when its done cycling?

[reefbeginer]

heres the paraments
salinity- 1.0215
nitrate- 20 ppm
nitrite-0.3 ppm
alkalinity- 300 ppm
ph- about 8.2
ammonia- between 0 and .25 ppm

[reefbeginer]

lots of coralline algae startin to grow i see little purple spots forming and theres a good little chunk of it about the sive of a quarter!

[CarmieJo]

Algae is pretty much part of a new tank. If you are wanting to have corals in your tank you will want to raise the SpG to about 1.025

[reefbeginer]

geez alright haha i rearanged my aquascaping only about a gazillion times and lost alot of water in the process so i added some ro di water without adding salt to it so the salinity went down! haha but yes will fix that problem tomorrow. aquascaping is finished pics i hope soon.

[techguy]

I am looking forward to seeing the pictures!

[reefbeginer]

diatoms are on there way starting to form on sand and rock near sand! yay

[reefbeginer]

camera works! diatoms are blooming!

[CarmieJo]

All right! I see a beautiful reef in the making!

[rayme07]

It looks great and so does the rock work. Thats going to be one awesome reef.