New Tank Please HELP!
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Rikki Reef
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I would suggest finding out your return policy with the store An return the fish before they die and find a better store! your live rock will die off enough to help you cycle the tank you can pick up brine shrimp eggs and dose the tank 1/4 tsp every other day and partial water changes in between, but most of all research and patience is key
Friday24
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Activated carbon wouldn’t be a bad idea. They might make a filter for your pelican, or you could see if you can fit a small bad of it inside the filter possibly. I’ve never used a HOB, only seen them in boxes so I don’t know how much room you’d have.
The HOB filter has 4 slots which i only use 2 for filter pads so i can fit a bag of activated carbon on the second slot. For the meantime i did add another penguin 350 so i have 2 penguin 350's running on the tank
Friday24
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It has been 8 days since my water change.. i notice a change in Nitrite. Ammonia is tough to read should i do another water change?
No, I would double check with another test for nitrite, nitrite indicates you not fully cycled, which would explain my concern previously about your low nitrates after a cycle.
Friday24
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Yes to make sure your reading is correct. For a full cycle you should initially see a rise in ammonia, followed by a rise in nitrite, followed by a rise in nitrate. As the cycle finishes you should have no ammonia and nitrite, and have high nitrates, then you would do water changes to bring nitrates down. Having nitrite in the water still indicates the tank isn’t cycled. After a completed cycle you should really never see ammonia and nitrite again due to your tank having an appropriate level of bacteria.
yea but 3 weeks ago i did have a rise of ammonia nitrate and nitrite then it stables out for 3 weeks. if you see my previous post nitrite was like 5.0.. Do you see it as a toxic level or i mean it doesnt even look like 0.25 cause its too light. What would i do at this point other than retest?
Friday24
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Don’t add prime, you could add more bacteria if you have it. But just let the tank do it’s thing naturally so it can stabilize. Added fish are probably the cause, you bioload is trying to catch up again.
