36 Gallon reef:
No fish
1 CB
1 Anemone Shrimp
1 HC
1 Sally lightfoot
1 run of the mill purple anemone
1 urchin (which sadly is on his way out after all this trauma)
2 Hammerheads
A few mushrooms
Yesterday- May 16
Ammonia: 0.25
Ph: 7.8
Alk: 4 meq/L
Sal: 1.024
N02: 0
No3: 0
Po4: 0.25
Mg: 1130
Temp: 79°
Today- May 17
Ammonia: .50
Ph: 7.8
Alk: 1230
Sal: 1.0245
No2: 0
No3: 0
Po4: 0.25- has been for last 8 months or so
Mg: 3.5 meq/L
Temp: 79°
APR 25: I couldn't get the ammonia to maintain after a week of water changes. 3 in 6 days so I started acourse of bacteria "stability by seachem" (3.5 caps) for 7 days. Then another 7 days using 1.75 caps.
By Apr 28 ammonia was on the low side of zero then stayed there for the next week of bacteria at half the amount.
On May 7 I did a 10G water change
Tested next day, ammonia at 0.25.
On May 8 I did another 5G water change
May 11:
Sal: 1.023
Alk: 4 meq/L
Mg: >1500
Temp: 79°
Ph: 7.8
No2: 0
No3: 20
Ammonia: 0
Po4: 0.25
I added chemiclean for cyano, hand fed and added phyto/zoo plankton
May 15 I moved rocks around (urchin knocked them over) and did a good cleaning. I added a wave maker
May 16: glued rocks together with DD Construction Epoxy. Added bacteria
And see parameters above.
Today: rookie mistake- I added phyto/zoo plankton before checking parameters.
Should I do another water change? Have I doomed my children to death?
No fish
1 CB
1 Anemone Shrimp
1 HC
1 Sally lightfoot
1 run of the mill purple anemone
1 urchin (which sadly is on his way out after all this trauma)
2 Hammerheads
A few mushrooms
Yesterday- May 16
Ammonia: 0.25
Ph: 7.8
Alk: 4 meq/L
Sal: 1.024
N02: 0
No3: 0
Po4: 0.25
Mg: 1130
Temp: 79°
Today- May 17
Ammonia: .50
Ph: 7.8
Alk: 1230
Sal: 1.0245
No2: 0
No3: 0
Po4: 0.25- has been for last 8 months or so
Mg: 3.5 meq/L
Temp: 79°
APR 25: I couldn't get the ammonia to maintain after a week of water changes. 3 in 6 days so I started acourse of bacteria "stability by seachem" (3.5 caps) for 7 days. Then another 7 days using 1.75 caps.
By Apr 28 ammonia was on the low side of zero then stayed there for the next week of bacteria at half the amount.
On May 7 I did a 10G water change
Tested next day, ammonia at 0.25.
On May 8 I did another 5G water change
May 11:
Sal: 1.023
Alk: 4 meq/L
Mg: >1500
Temp: 79°
Ph: 7.8
No2: 0
No3: 20
Ammonia: 0
Po4: 0.25
I added chemiclean for cyano, hand fed and added phyto/zoo plankton
May 15 I moved rocks around (urchin knocked them over) and did a good cleaning. I added a wave maker
May 16: glued rocks together with DD Construction Epoxy. Added bacteria
And see parameters above.
Today: rookie mistake- I added phyto/zoo plankton before checking parameters.
Should I do another water change? Have I doomed my children to death?
