ReeferNoob4ever
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You should be doing some major water changes like every other day. Test your pH I bet it's real low.
Corals are sad. And I've got nitrate
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That's what I would do...get whatever is causing the problem out asap.
Sarahbell430
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I have 3 powerbeads going with decent surface agitation - I odnt think oxygen is the issue. the shrimp is still paralyzed but from what I've read it could be molting. Tomorrow ill be doing a 30 percent water change and turning on 2 of my t5's for an hour or so - I don't want to shock anything after three days of no light. parameters tonight before tomorrow's water change - ammonia is 1.5ppm (its been zero since my cycle)
due to this I think i should do the water change tonight..thoughts???
due to this I think i should do the water change tonight..thoughts???
Sarahbell430
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Ph is a bit low at 8.0 I'm usually 8.2-4
Sarahbell430
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i went ahead with the water change and noticed that i also mistakenly unplugged my heater last night - my water temp was at 70 degrees..i can't believe anything is alive at this point, but all my fish seem to be fine. for now.
Ill update tomorrow - pretty angry with my lfs for telling me to use chemi clean and assuring me it would be fine.
Once things are stable in my tank - i want to explore a protein skimmer and really start to look into my parameters and can hopefully go for coral again. Funny, the only coral I wanted is frogspawn and torch
Ill update tomorrow - pretty angry with my lfs for telling me to use chemi clean and assuring me it would be fine.
Once things are stable in my tank - i want to explore a protein skimmer and really start to look into my parameters and can hopefully go for coral again. Funny, the only coral I wanted is frogspawn and torch
I've used ChemiClean for years and never had any problems with any of my fish or corals while in use. I believe this is either user error or something else is seriously wrong with your tank that you simply aren't aware of.
When it comes to livestock dying my first piece of advice is always to try doing a water change before anything else. It helps get your tank back to the initial balance that you had before things started going wrong.
If you have a lot of cyano, you need to figure out what is causing it. Feeding too often, not enough water changes, etc...the root of the problem is the solution to taking care of the issue.
When it comes to livestock dying my first piece of advice is always to try doing a water change before anything else. It helps get your tank back to the initial balance that you had before things started going wrong.
If you have a lot of cyano, you need to figure out what is causing it. Feeding too often, not enough water changes, etc...the root of the problem is the solution to taking care of the issue.
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