New to saltwater testing, would you say that's 60ppm or 80ppm? Same test one pic with flash and the other no flash. Opinions appreciated. Recently husband and I decided to buy a full 100 gallon saltwater tank setup. Included small layer of live sand, 80lbs live rock, sump, skimmer, 3 fish, 5 hermits, and a couple snails. It's been setup up and running since 1/26/15 bought 40 lbs more sand for main tank. Bought miracle mud, chaetomorpha and dragons breath for a in sump refugium. Been doing a lot of 15% Water changes trying to fight high nitrates that began to kill snails, worried about hermits.
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tyler1503
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It looks closer to 80ppm to me. I'm colour blind though lol.
You'll probably need to bump water changes up closer to 40-50% or more to make much of a difference to the nitrate. Smaller water changes are good for regular maintenance, but larger ones are better for nutrient reduction and trace element replenishment in my opinion
I would also look at ammonia and nitrite. It's possible there was a mini cycle during the tank move.
You'll probably need to bump water changes up closer to 40-50% or more to make much of a difference to the nitrate. Smaller water changes are good for regular maintenance, but larger ones are better for nutrient reduction and trace element replenishment in my opinion
I would also look at ammonia and nitrite. It's possible there was a mini cycle during the tank move.
TJ's Reef
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First off a BIG WELCOME to R2R, nice to have you aboard.
Agree with Tyler above, a couple of larger percentage water changes and maybe some additional Macro for refugium. What is your feeding schedule like ? Is it possible that there is to much food going in ? Or, how long was Live Rock exposed or not in circulating water causing Sponges etc to die off.
Cheers, Todd
Agree with Tyler above, a couple of larger percentage water changes and maybe some additional Macro for refugium. What is your feeding schedule like ? Is it possible that there is to much food going in ? Or, how long was Live Rock exposed or not in circulating water causing Sponges etc to die off.
Cheers, Todd
Thanks. We feed once a day and our tank did go through a mini cycle after the move. We had an initial ammonia spike but now nitrates are our only issue. Plan on buying more salt to do a larger water change today.
Here's a short video of our new Goby sifting sand. http://youtu.be/EbxRPlH2DRg
