Bicolored Rose Bubble Tip Anemone Advice

[molodets]

Looking to get Bicolored Rose Bubble Tip Anemone.

My 75 gal tank is 14 month old. with 80lb of sand and 130 lbs of rock.

I really want to get it... any advice?
Its about 4"

 

[andylee]

Everything stable? Lighting?

 

[molodets]

echoTech Radion RX30w.
all zero. Nitrates 40.

 

[Awibrandy]

echoTech Radion RX30w.
all zero. Nitrates 40.

Get those trates down some more.

 

[molodets]

i can't its not going down anymore

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

have you read the care on this anemone?

 

[rkaragozler]

you can do a variety of things to keep your nitrates low.
read this article first.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/nitratecontrol/ss/sbsnitratereduction.htm

 

[molodets]

wow very nice article! thank you!

 

[rkaragozler]

if that doesn't work then you can read up on carbon dosing.

 

[andylee]

Would definitely do that before getting it (fix nitrates). Nitrates can pretty much always be taken care of by water changes.

 

[molodets]

CAN i do water changes every 4 days on my 75 gal to Lower The Nitrates??
Is it to often?
Will it cycle the tank?

 

[andylee]

Will definitely not cycle the tank. Just make sure temperature and salinity are the same.

 

[molodets]

so can I do them every 4 days? how many % for 75gal?

 

[andylee]

Well, it would take 4 changes of 15gallons (20%) to get your nitrates down to 16 (.8X.8X.8X.8X40). Larger changes would do it more quickly, but then I'd worry a little more about stability.

4 50% changes would get you down to 2.5, but I don't know that that's feasible.

All of this assumes that you're tank is not actively making nitrates (overstocking, overfeeding, etc.)

 

[molodets]

Also I just added ph because it was 8.0.
1 tea spoon of ph powder for every 40 gals. I did 2 tea spoons.
Hope it goes up to 8.3

 

[rkaragozler]

If your nitrates are at 40 and you decided to do 4 water changes in every 4 days your nitrates would be as follows.
1st water change 20% (15 gallons) trates would be 32
2nd water change 20% (15 gallons) trates would be 25.6
3rd water change 20% (15 gallons) trates would be 20.48
4th water change 20% (15 gallons) trates would be 16.384
remember when you do a water change you are taking 20% of the old water.

 

[skene]

are you guys factoring in any increases of nitrates due to feedings and waste production between the time span of the water changes?

:lol2:

 

[andylee]

If you read the entire post:

"All of this assumes that you're tank is not actively making nitrates (overstocking, overfeeding, etc.)"
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue1.gif