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A saltwater fish tank cycle is determined by the level of ammonia and nitrates in the water of the aquarium. Learn to tell when a salt water fish tank cycles with tips from the owner of a fish pet store in this free video on pet care.
Expert: Ryan Wells
Contact: www.reefrunners.net
Bio: Ryan Wells is the owner of Reef Runners in Lindon, Utah. He has many years of experience working with sea animal life.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton
Duration : 0:1:12
is it normal for …
is it normal for fish to be fighting cause my white tailed damselfish and my yellow tailed demoissele are fighting and also is it normal for the black and white fish to have a brown forehead not black. cause i have two of those black and white but 1 yellow tailed one should i get one more of those yellow tailed. and is it normal for fish to be fighting…
beautiful tank!!! i …
beautiful tank!!! i love yellow tangs
you don’t use …
you don’t use conventional filters in SW.
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no you dont, you’ll …
no you dont, you’ll be fine if you only have a protein skimmer, sand and live rock. but just make sure the protein skimmer is big enough that it turns over about 2 times every hour
Thanks for the tip. …
Thanks for the tip. I’ve had my tank for alittle over a year its cycleing well. Thanks.
if you have a reef …
if you have a reef tank guys… dont forget to test phosphate levels in your aquarium… if you use ro water you should have near enuff 0 phosphates but ro membrane’s do degrade in time. and if the ro unit is left for a long period of time bacteria can attract the membrane and render it useless.
2 ways to avoid this 1 flush the ro unit aleast 20mins every week.. or! store the ro membrane in the fridge
yes mate you will …
yes mate you will need one if you want to keep fish.
im kinda a first …
im kinda a first timer wit salt water tanks if i buy skimmer will i still need a filter/
thank you soooooo …
thank you soooooo much, i wasnt told that i needed an anominia kit to test the water, so my domino damsel died, my yelowtailed damsel is still alive, but my domino damsel was a crem color dead on the bottom on the tank, he looked normal, just majorley discolored, you sound like an expert, so do you think my tank wasnt cycled?? please write back!
p.s your tank is awesome!! i love your lavender tang, there sooo pretty!