New tank problems

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world.

 

[zacharyv]

I was impatient and I didn't wait to put the Corals in after I had to utilitarian fish thriving so now I'm waiting on my bristle tooth pain or brush tail Tang which I get tomorrow but since I turned on the lights the algae is starting to grow

Do you have any CUC?

What is a cuc

 

[zacharyv]

What is a cuc

Thank you everybody to everybody for all the welcomes so many of them thank you all

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

What is a cuc

CUC = Clean Up Crew.

This can be hermit crabs, snails, nudibranchs, shrimp, worms, ETC.

 

[zacharyv]

CUC = Clean Up Crew.

This can be hermit crabs, snails, nudibranchs, shrimp, worms, ETC.

So as we speak I'm waiting on my wife coming back from Winnipeg which is 2 1/2 hours away she's about halfway back she's bringing home a brushed tail Tang a lawn mower blemmy and a blue hippo Tang right now

 

[zacharyv]

So as we speak I'm waiting on my wife coming back from Winnipeg which is 2 1/2 hours away she's about halfway back she's bringing home a brushed tail Tang a lawn mower blemmy and a blue hippo Tang right now

As of right now I just have the two clowns I see urchin and one snail

 

[zacharyv]

As of right now I just have the two clowns I see urchin and one snail

I'm wondering can I drink oculate those three fish together instead of doing it separately or would it be wise to do it separately

 

[zacharyv]

I'm wondering can I drink oculate those three fish together instead of doing it separately or would it be wise to do it separately

Drip accumulate all together or one at a time

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Drip accumulate all together or one at a time

I always do mine separately, it's always the safer option, so if you could, I would do them separately.

 

[zacharyv]

I always do mine separately, it's always the safer option, so if you could, I would do them separately.

Sounds good thank you figured I'd just asked just in case and I do know that the fish store put some kind of medication in the water so he said make sure that I discard the water 100% And just scoop the fish out after to transfer them to the tank

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Sounds good thank you figured I'd just asked just in case and I do know that the fish store put some kind of medication in the water so he said make sure that I discard the water 100% And just scoop the fish out after to transfer them to the tank

Sounds good.

Definitely make sure no water from the LFS (local fish store) gets into your tank.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[zacharyv]

Sounds good.

Definitely make sure no water from the LFS (local fish store) gets into your tank.

Question my ph is at 8 how can I increase to 8.3 safety

 

[zacharyv]

Question my ph is at 8 how can I increase to 8.3 safety

New fish are doing well all the algee is gone all of it they ate it all

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Question my ph is at 8 how can I increase to 8.3 safety

It's not really necessary to raise it, 8.0 pH is fine in my opinion, but if you would really like to try to raise it, here are a few things you can do:

-Open a window in the room your tank is in

-Increase gas exchange, so for you, try to add more surface ripples in the surface

-Something you can do to help keep pH up in the long run, is to add some macro algae.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

New fish are doing well all the algee is gone all of it they ate it all

That's great to here!

 

[zacharyv]

It's not really necessary to raise it, 8.0 pH is fine in my opinion, but if you would really like to try to raise it, here are a few things you can do:

-Open a window in the room your tank is in

-Increase gas exchange, so for you, try to add more surface ripples in the surface

-Something you can do to help keep pH up in the long run, is to add some macro algae.

Thank u was not sure if that was to low or good

 

[Dmmz]

Glad to hear the fish are in and taking care of the algae

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Thank u was not sure if that was to low or good

Yup, we aim for 7.8-8.4 in our tanks.

Remember, stability is your friend.

 

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