OK I have a few questions for my 150 FOWLR set up.
1.) It currently has a cleaning crew inside, like crabs, snails and one brittle star. I noticed this morning that there is pieces of the star all over in the one corner. He looks as if he is falling apart?????? seriously ?????? what in the world could that be???? Ammo is 0 and trite is 0. My salinity is at 1.025-1.026, is that to high????
2.) I have never owned a skimmer before and my first one has been running now on this tank for about 10 days. Is the skimmate supposed to smell like that???? It smelled like sewege and very very strong smell. Is this normal????
3.) At what point is salinity to high and what point is it to low??? same with temp????
4.) I know hydrometers are inaccurate unless you measure at 75 degrees. So if the temp is above 75 degrees does that mean it will just be inaccrate (above or below) or does it mean it will always show higher then the actual salinity or lower????
5.) I understand surface aggitation is what helps add oygen to the water. Well I have nothing really breaking the surface in the main tank, except the return pipe from the sump. The basket in the tank creates quite a bit of splashin in the overflow basket and then crashing down the pipes and into the sump. Plus the skimmer makes bubbles and agitation like nuts in the sump. Is this enough????? All the powerheads in the tank are pointed towards rocks and not the surface
1.) It currently has a cleaning crew inside, like crabs, snails and one brittle star. I noticed this morning that there is pieces of the star all over in the one corner. He looks as if he is falling apart?????? seriously ?????? what in the world could that be???? Ammo is 0 and trite is 0. My salinity is at 1.025-1.026, is that to high????
2.) I have never owned a skimmer before and my first one has been running now on this tank for about 10 days. Is the skimmate supposed to smell like that???? It smelled like sewege and very very strong smell. Is this normal????
3.) At what point is salinity to high and what point is it to low??? same with temp????
4.) I know hydrometers are inaccurate unless you measure at 75 degrees. So if the temp is above 75 degrees does that mean it will just be inaccrate (above or below) or does it mean it will always show higher then the actual salinity or lower????
5.) I understand surface aggitation is what helps add oygen to the water. Well I have nothing really breaking the surface in the main tank, except the return pipe from the sump. The basket in the tank creates quite a bit of splashin in the overflow basket and then crashing down the pipes and into the sump. Plus the skimmer makes bubbles and agitation like nuts in the sump. Is this enough????? All the powerheads in the tank are pointed towards rocks and not the surface
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