After 1 yr, 9 mos owning a Nano Cube (28 gal) reef tank I finally feel I have a grasp, (however small), of how to keep my tank balanced. Of course I felt this way several times since the start, and have lost quite a bit of beautiful coral, shrimps, clams, and a couple fish while learning. With the exception of one crash I never accurately figured out, what I call "user error" was to blame, ie: my newbie mistakes or lack of knowledge.

The internet and this forum especially...

Thanks teog,
Other than it being a little loud, the NAC 5.5 is doing its job well. It did take some time to break in and adjust the water level.

[QUOTE=edandsandy;20664436]Day 5
the larvae seem to be doing just fine, other than we had 3 dead larvae this morning. I cleaned the bottom of the tank, removed 1g of water and replaced 1g of water with the dosing pump... It takes appx 2-1/2 hours using the dosing pump... I added 2ml of RG Complete and will introduce just a bit of BBS this afternoon.

I hope the link works for the video...

[url]http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/salligood/CF44C77D-FE5...

[QUOTE=edandsandy;20664436]Day 5
Anyway, the larvae seem to be doing just fine, other than we had 3 dead larvae this morning. I cleaned the bottom of the tank, removed 1g of water and replaced 1g of water with the dosing pump... It takes appx 2-1/2 hours using the dosing pump... I added 2ml of RG Complete and will introduce just a bit of BBS this afternoon.

I hope the link works for the video...

[url]http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/salligood/CF44C...

Here is a direct link to my forum where you can find the information regarding the topic.

[url]http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20614751#post20614751[/url]

From it:
Hi folks, this is an on going battle in the reef world. I strongly recommend everyone that is in this hobby to QT each and every fish they buy, it will save u from a lot of headache in long run. I also strongly suggest a permanent QT if possible for multiple reasons.

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