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So I went a bit wild with adding sand because my back of the tank had too shallow of a sand bed and at the aquarium store I took sand from a much larger bag and put it in a smaller one of which I bought two in total which in hindsight was a bit too much but on the plus side I now have a nice...

So this is my 8 gallon aquarium that I setup about 2 weeks ago and I have let it cycle since then and I have also started to notice that my plant to the right that I forgot the name off is growing and spreading in several different directions with some bigger or smaller than others. Test results...

So a few days ago I bought an 8 gallon aquarium for a total of about 100 dollars including the stuff needed to run it and it has been cycling for a couple of days at this point using fish flakes as a source of ammonia and as for the fish I plan to keep I am planning on keeping a single betta in...

The weird part is that this one was brand new so it must have been some kind of manufacturing defect so hopefully I am able to get a replacement or a replacement sensor sent by mail. My theory as to why this is happening is that when they calibrated it at the factory something probably went...

Got in contact with them earlier today on the phone and they too thought it might be something wrong with my ATO sensors and I also sent a short video of my sump and ATO reservoir setup as an email and I was also told they would bring this up with redsea so hopefully I will hear back from them...

So I recently finished setting up the equipment inside my brand new redsea reefer G2+ that I had to wait from February to April until it arrived and I have now filled it with water and sand but nothing living until much later and most of my equipment is now working as intended except my redsea...

So I too am getting into the saltwater hobby and I recently ordered a tank with everything I need but that was after doing countless months worth of research. The thing about saltwater tanks that I learned is that they thrive on stability and many creatures like anemones and corals cannot...

So finally yesterday I was able to obtain a second-hand used aquarium with equipment for very cheap that I will use as a quarantine although it is in need of restoration especially the silicone which is in need of being resealed as I could see that gravel and dirt had seeped into the silicone...

I do live very close to the sea so getting access to natural seawater would not be very hard I imagine and yeah I am gonna focus on obtaining some limestone+sandstone and in general trying to get an idea of how it would look like once finished before doing anything else. After doing some more...

Yesterday I finally purchased almost everything I need to get things fully setup and running although I still need to obtain a quarantine aquarium and I may need some Marco rocks + more live rock so I can build the reef foundation for when much later I will add my first corals but until then...