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DanDavid87
David Ribi
@DanDavid87 · 4 weeks ago

Hey guys, im a month in with my first nano (80l) and hitting a bit of trouble which id love some advice on.

Currently no fish, but added 4 trochus snails 10 days ago to start getting some life in there once cycle was complete.

My LFS recommended adding 2 bags of copepods and 2ml of phytoplankton once a week whilst we don't have fish to (i think) speed up algae growth.

For the last 5/6 days the water has looked a bit cloudy and nitrates have dropped from 18 to around 2 or 3. Chat GPT is saying it could be a bacterial bloom.

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Soldier_of_GOD
Alex
@Soldier_of_GOD · 3 months ago

Update on my 5 gallon tank! It’s running a still cycling and I added a mangrove and 2 balls of chaeto. Looking to add a lot more more macro algae. Also I added a damsel to help cycle and he is happy and eating so thank God!

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invsin
Christopher
@invsin · 5 months ago

I’ll be leaving my nano tank unattended for 2 weeks, longest it’ll be left alone since I started little over a year ago. Hope it stays happy until I get back!

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jensdemoor
Jens
@jensdemoor · 6 months ago

Hallo guys! This is my new tank. Had a nano reef before but wanted something bigger! 😋 i am already looking to upgrade this one too or just put a second reef next to it 😂 do you guys have any recomandations or tips? Feel free to share them!

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kellbells08421
Kelly
@kellbells08421 · 7 months ago

Anyone have some tips to maintain calcium? I’m having some trouble with it averaging between 399 and 540…other levels have been good. I was dosing weekly Nano part A and B, but quit to kind of monitor things and didn’t see much of a change. I’m great with my water changes, do 15-20% every weekend.

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