First fish tomorrow but phosphate .25

[ziggyjane07]

Put some in a bag. Rinse it for a min under tap water. Then place it in your sump in a high flow spot. Measure the difference after 2 days then 4 days. This will give you an idea of how much product it takes to reduce it a certain amount. Po4 will get used up naturally as green, brown, red and other stuff starts to grow on your rocks. Dont panic its all in the process. As stated above your tank will go thru a lot of changes before becomming stable.
Good luck with your tank.

Thank you!

 

[ziggyjane07]

28.67 parts per billion = 0.02867 parts per million. Call it nearly zero and safe.
I agree everything looks fine, and the phosphate isn't a problem for fish.

I would have spent a little more time cycling before adding fish, but with the Dr. Tim's bacteria maybe you'll be okay. I would monitor ammonia daily for at least a week after adding the clowns to make sure it doesn't get above 0.25 ppm or so.

I’ll monitor it for sure! Thanks. The 2 clowns i got are tiny as, do they make a big difference in a tank such as redsea 525xl?
Again thanks

 

[lapin]

I’ll monitor it for sure! Thanks. The 2 clowns i got are tiny as, do they make a big difference in a tank such as redsea 525xl?
Again thanks

2 clowns will not add much ammonia, unless you over feed. This is less of a problem if you feed live or frozen foods. Pellets can be an issue. They fall to the bottom and fish usually wont eat them off the bottom. Smaller fish require smaller food sizes.

 

[Reefahholic]

28.67 parts per billion = 0.02867 parts per million. Call it nearly zero and safe.
I agree everything looks fine, and the phosphate isn't a problem for fish.

I would have spent a little more time cycling before adding fish, but with the Dr. Tim's bacteria maybe you'll be okay. I would monitor ammonia daily for at least a week after adding the clowns to make sure it doesn't get above 0.25 ppm or so.

Just to help him get a better idea about the fish-less cycling with Dr. Tim’s One and Only:

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

NH4 is the non toxic kind

What is ammonia NH3 & NH4? - Seneye

what is ammonia, NH3 and NH4 TAN

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Po4 is high but will not harm your fish. It will cause algae to grow and should be reduced to around 0.1 to avoid such problems

Phosphate in the Reef Aquarium

The phosphorus atom is one of living matter's basic building blocks. It is present in every living creature and in every reef aquarium's water. Unfortunately, it is often present in excess in reef aquaria, and that excess has the potential to cause at least two substantial problems for...

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Agreed.

Welcome to R2R!

 

[ziggyjane07]

2 clowns will not add much ammonia, unless you over feed. This is less of a problem if you feed live or frozen foods. Pellets can be an issue. They fall to the bottom and fish usually wont eat them off the bottom. Smaller fish require smaller food sizes.

Yeh thanks for that, so far they weren’t really eating so I have feed some suspension food and tonight tried frozen mysis, which I guess they are still learning about feed times I guess??
Is twice a day to much? I only give a little because they are tiny? But not real sure when to start adding anything else?

Did about 10% water change today and seemed to help the parameters come back into a nice range again.

Thank you

 

[ziggyjane07]

Agreed.

Welcome to R2R!

Thanks heaps

 

[ziggyjane07]

Just to help him get a better idea about the fish-less cycling with Dr. Tim’s One and Only:

Cool thank you

 

[ziggyjane07]

Big water change and, if you have the ability, added bacteria in the form of live rock or bottled bacteria.

Water change still waiting for bacteria to come in but has already made a big difference Thank you