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So I've had Jager heaters in the past when they were Ebo Jager. I bought a 50w one for my 5 gallon QT tank. I noticed it was hard to dial in when setting it up and now it seems to range between 79-81 degrees in operation -- I want to say even wider than that as it definitely has been up in the...

I'm in for about $1,700 for a 20g with 10g sump and a 5g QT tank. Includes everything (RODI unit for $330, tools to build stand for $250, etc). I'm not quite done with hardware and not much livestock yet.

Also I am getting big brown patches on the sand and smaller ones on the glass. It's on the rocks too. Looks like the expected diatom bloom. I picked up an inexpensive power head for mixing salt but put it on double duty in the display tank aimed at the areas of the sand where the bloom is...

Display tank: Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: 0.2 Nitrate: ~20 SG: 1.026 QT: Ammonia: ~0 Fish happy and eating. No flashing/darting or rapid breathing.

The Clownfish is still eating well and appears to be happy. Last night, tests: Display tank: Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.2 Nitrate: ~20 SG: 1.0265 QT tank: Ammonia: ~0 but shade of color little darker than display, might be due to medication I did a 2.5g water change on the 5g QT tank dosing the...

Cycling display tank: Ammonia: ~0 SG: 1.026 Quarantine tank: Ammonia: ~0 SG: 1.010 (steady, need to read more about hyposalinity to see if I should be at 1.008 or if this is acceptable, am keeping PH up with drip of RODI water with baking soda)

I finished the ATO on Sunday for the display tank. I had to wait for the silicone sealant to dry in the 1/2" rubber tubes covering the top of the sensors (recommended to seal with tubes if they would get wet which they will if I turn off the main pump). The ATO is on and working well so far. I...

I'll do that. It's nice and simple. Thanks to both of you.

If you've read the thread this far, this might be a repeat of information but I'll summarize: I'm new to saltwater and Clownfish. I was having a hard time telling if my Clownfish was being playful (sleeping on the sand) or if he was in distress. I panicked at first due to my freshwater...

Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.2 Nitrate: ~20 (although I got a second opinion from my visiting mother and she thought it was roughly 15) SG: 1.0255 The problematic bubble trap baffle had three slim pieces of acrylic scrap glued to it (2 on one side, 1 on the other). I think this fixed the flexing...

Few photos -- my tripod head is stored away where I can't get to it for a couple of months. And I didn't put a 18% gray card in the tank to get the correct white balance :). Brown spot center of photo: Brown spot on sand (center upper left) with smaller spots (center lower right) and on...

I set the thermostat to 80 (from 78) last night. This evening, I topped off the water with 1g (spread out a bit) of fresh mix at 1.025. Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.15 (between 0.1 and 0.2) Nitrate: ~20 SG: 1.0255 (up a bit faster than anticipated with the top up) I am seeing some small pea-sized...

Full tests: Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.3 Nitrate: ~20 SG: 1.025 I realized that cyano looking film is growing only in the areas I used (aquarium) silicone to attach the EPDM foam to the glass sump sides/bottom. The film is really thin so maybe that is why it's so pink. Also the power head did...

It's usually dark in there however my power head has been dislodging the sand in some spots and light is coming through. It's still very dim. I'll look closer to see if light is hitting this area. I think glass baffles is a good idea. I was hoping to be more flexible but now that I know roughly...

These are the quick stats I checked when home briefly this evening: Ammonia: ~0 SG: 1.025 I'm going to do the full set of tests later this evening.

Ammonia: I was guessing it was cyanobacteria but wasn't certain. The flow is pretty slow there. I didn't get a chance to wipe it off but it looks like a film. The white plastic is EPDM gasket foam. It is holding the acrylic baffles. This is version 2 of the baffles and I'll need to have a...

This morning, I noticed some interesting change to the area in my sump around the bubble trap:

After ~4.25g water change: Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.2-0.3 (bit lighter than earlier) Nitrate: ~20 (maybe slightly lighter, if so, only little lower) SG: 1.0245

Do your clowns sleep on the sand? Mine literally goes to a back corner of the tank and keels over on his side to snooze. I am a newbie to saltwater and I thought he was dying. But he does it night after night and is poping around in the morning and the rest of the day (and eating). More...

Before water change: Ammonia: ~0 Nitrite: ~0.3 Nitrate: ~20 SG: 1.0245 (early measurements slightly going up too -- not replacing evaporated water in order to climb to 1.026 slowly) I used a dropper to shot 7 small pieces of Spectrum to the clown to avoid any missed food on the sandbed.