Emergency
Woke up in the middle of the night to check on the wrasse. Of course, he's in the sand. However, I noticed my heater was weird. something is growing on it and Idk what it is. it's only growing on top of the heater and the heater is brand new. ( the video has pink light in the background bc of refugium ) ( picture is without the refugium light on)
IMO - I would classify that as too high of a dose. What you need to do is treat five gallons of water with the exact amount of copper (measure with a syringe or pipette). And then test that and take a picture of the color. Going forward, that would be your target test amount for the tank.every water change is 4 gallons and the direction is to do 5ml per 4 gallons. so the water change should be ok.
I am also checking copper every day. 2 times. here's today's copper. it is between 2.0 and 4.0.
I definitely would buy the hanna if I had the money but right now I just can't.
It still looks too high. The technique I outlined of testing a known dose will tell you if the copper test is reading high, or if the copper in the tank is too high. If you test a sample with exactly the right amount of copper in it and you get a lighter color, then your tank is too high. If your test water is the same color as the tank, the test kit is the problem.
I'm following Jay's quarantine method and BRSTV quarantine. BRSTV mentioned I should do a water change every other day. If I'm doing it too many times I might need some advice. This is my first time quarantining.
No, you only need to do water changes if there is an ammonia issue. If the ammonia is lower than 0.25 ppm, you don’t need to do a change.
