slipknotgrrl83
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I run mine a 1.025. I would stick with the 10 percent set at 1.025 or 1.026. You want to raise it slowly. A few 10 percent in a few weeks should raise it up
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slipknotgrrl83
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Personally I would do 10 percent at 1.026 over a a few weeks. Doing 10 percent every 4 or 5 days should raise it slowly as to not shock anything. That's just me, maybe others will chime in
slipknotgrrl83
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Current parameters?
slipknotgrrl83
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Give them time, new surroundings. They will most likely venture out soon. Mine took about a week to get comfortable
slipknotgrrl83
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I feed my fish once a day. Mid afternoon, they get LRS frozen
MaiReef
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Notes:
Your tank is clear. No ammonia or nitrates. you are at 1.025-1.026 salinity. You have two clowns.
It has only been 2 weeks. How often are you doing water changes? If 8 gallons, every two weeks, then wait two more water changes. Time is your friend here. Be patient. It is very hard, but adding livestock slowly lets your bio filtration build and you avoid spikes. Stability is what you want. Find your parameters and test twice a week to see if they stay the same for the next month. If they do, or better yet, if nitrates go down, then you are headed for more livestock.
Your tank is clear. No ammonia or nitrates. you are at 1.025-1.026 salinity. You have two clowns.
It has only been 2 weeks. How often are you doing water changes? If 8 gallons, every two weeks, then wait two more water changes. Time is your friend here. Be patient. It is very hard, but adding livestock slowly lets your bio filtration build and you avoid spikes. Stability is what you want. Find your parameters and test twice a week to see if they stay the same for the next month. If they do, or better yet, if nitrates go down, then you are headed for more livestock.
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Time and water changes fix most things (except disease which this is not) in this hobby
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I did my first water change a week ago today, I did about 15 gallons maybe a little over that. I haven't tested my water since then. What is the bio filtration? Is that just my filter?
MaiReef
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Your biological filtration is live rock and anything that holds bacteria that touches the water. It is what turns ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. Algae eats nitrate mostly. Which is why other fitration is important to get rid of nitrate. Water changes also do that. Tok much of a water change and you effect you bio filter negatively.
tyler1503
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That depends on what you're trying to achieve. Larger water changes are good for bringing nitrate and phosphate down. Well, they're good for bringing any pollutants down really.
They also help bring certain levels back up like calcium and magnesium which corals will consume to grow.
Smaller water changes more often help keep things a little more consistent and can cut down on the cost of salt, RODI etc.
Some people will do up to 30% weekly, others might do 10% monthly. I personally do about 20% weekly when the tank is still new, and slow down to about 10% weekly when everything is looking good.
The choice is yours really, but consistency is better than x%.
Do you know what your nitrate and phosphate levels are?
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So I got two firefish goby's on Thursday. They hide in the rocks a lot but I have only seen one, so I am afraid that the other one is dead and stuck in the rocks? Or do they just like to hide a lot?
