I have a newly set up tank, day 9 now, I have live rock, live sand and I added 2 bottles of API quickstart on the advice of my LFS.
I do not have a fish in it, though yesterday I tried a damsel and unfortunately it died, first I thought it might have been because of Ammonia, it was at .025, the testing today I realized more than likely it was because my PH again had dropped, it was 7.4. Immediately I dosed to raise it and now its 8.2.
My question this is about the second or third time the PH has dropped only to have to be raised again, what is causing that?
Now without a fish I will just continue to monitor and do water tests every day till everything looks good cycle wise.
Someone told me that when I feed my angelfish and frontosa brine shrimp to drip in about 3 to 5 brine shrimp into the salt tank to ghost feed it, helping the bacteria?
Does this sound correct?
I do not have a fish in it, though yesterday I tried a damsel and unfortunately it died, first I thought it might have been because of Ammonia, it was at .025, the testing today I realized more than likely it was because my PH again had dropped, it was 7.4. Immediately I dosed to raise it and now its 8.2.
My question this is about the second or third time the PH has dropped only to have to be raised again, what is causing that?
Now without a fish I will just continue to monitor and do water tests every day till everything looks good cycle wise.
Someone told me that when I feed my angelfish and frontosa brine shrimp to drip in about 3 to 5 brine shrimp into the salt tank to ghost feed it, helping the bacteria?
Does this sound correct?