newer to the hobby can use help

[anttyler453]

there's my ammonia I put a full bottle of bacteria in the 120

 

[anttyler453]

It's possible they are

 

[Betty1964]

there's my ammonia I put a full bottle of bacteria in the 120

See how the bacteria does; watch your fish. See how they look tomorrow, and go from there. Hopefully tomorrow will look better.

 

[anttyler453]

Thanks for your input ill be posting around 2 for how it looks

 

[eliramos]

Alright so from what I can see everything everyone has said is 100% correct. But have you tested your phosphate levels?
And have you tested your calcium mag levels as well?
Get your water tested at your lfs
That's how I found out I had a faulty kit that was giving me better readings than I thought I had.

 

[anttyler453]

this is from my local fish store lol everything says good just a little ammonia

 

[anttyler453]

 

[anttyler453]

Phosphates where .2

 

[eliramos]

So it's probably a mix of everything.
Phosphates should also be less than .03
If they are at .2 that explains the algae growth as well.
Are you running any gfo?

Like I said it seems to be a mix of everything higher ammonia levels, phosphate, low salinity what I would suggest is doing water changes with higher salinity water to slowly bring it to balance. Also watch how much you feed, if you're not running chemipure I would also add that as it has properties that will remove phosphate and the carbon will keep the water clear.

 

[anttyler453]

Opps I always for get to add .02 is phosphates I use vibrent im dosing n03 p04 rn for nitrates that helps for phosphates as well

 

[anttyler453]

I bought this established nano to added zoas