Hi,
Aquapod 12g tank has been up about 3 weeks now, has had snails/crabs and a damsel for 1-2 weeks
I did a 5g water change Sunday and comletley re-aquascaped the live rock, did not take readings at that time.
I used 1 box of Petco Saltwater
After the reorg I found some of my turbosnails upside down with sand in there shell, so I turned them around, now I think they are dead because they have not moved in 2 days. I can still see their meat if I look in the shell
I just reorganized the rocks again today and moved the turbo snails and a thin white gooey film fell out of them, I just checked my parameters and they look bad the hermits / emerald crabs and other snails seem to be ok and the urchin is moving around...
Nitrite 0.25
Amonia 0.25
PH 7.8
Before the water change my amonia+nitrite were 0 and PH 8.2
Are the snails dead?
Did reorganizing the rock and rustling the sand kill them? Did that screw my numbers?
Should I get a different testing kit?
Usuing API Saltwater Master Test Kit
p.s.s
When I did the water change I noticed I had the carbon on top of my bioballs rather than on top of my cermaic, so I changed that Sunday as well.
Aquapod 12g tank has been up about 3 weeks now, has had snails/crabs and a damsel for 1-2 weeks
I did a 5g water change Sunday and comletley re-aquascaped the live rock, did not take readings at that time.
I used 1 box of Petco Saltwater
After the reorg I found some of my turbosnails upside down with sand in there shell, so I turned them around, now I think they are dead because they have not moved in 2 days. I can still see their meat if I look in the shell
I just reorganized the rocks again today and moved the turbo snails and a thin white gooey film fell out of them, I just checked my parameters and they look bad the hermits / emerald crabs and other snails seem to be ok and the urchin is moving around...
Nitrite 0.25
Amonia 0.25
PH 7.8
Before the water change my amonia+nitrite were 0 and PH 8.2
Are the snails dead?
Did reorganizing the rock and rustling the sand kill them? Did that screw my numbers?
Should I get a different testing kit?
Usuing API Saltwater Master Test Kit
p.s.s
When I did the water change I noticed I had the carbon on top of my bioballs rather than on top of my cermaic, so I changed that Sunday as well.