Should I add an anemone into my tank?

[1clownfish]

Take a sample to your LFS. Api is unreliable.

Yes but that is more of a one time thing while I could go every month and test it as usual my LFS is quite far from me. well the one I tend to go to.

 

[1clownfish]

Is that a recent picture? What type of light are you using?. I would wait until you can keep a clean up crew alive before adding anything else.

Yes I took the pic about an hour ago. and I was using natural sunlight

 

[1clownfish]

Yes but that is more of a one time thing while I could go every month and test it as usual my LFS is quite far from me. well the one I tend to go to.

I am looking for a reliable not high pressed test kit (maybe from amazon?) something like that

 

[1clownfish]

I will test my water using my REEF test kit and post the results

 

[1clownfish]

I was thinking the reason it has so much algae is becuase of the ammonia but since you say it is probably trace elements I now have absolutely no clue what is causing it. If anyone has an idea please let me know

 

[Johnnyboy87]

Red sea test kits are good but Hanna makes some good ones with digital readouts. I use the Hanna salinity and temp meter every day almost.

 

[1clownfish]

It might be phosphates?? I will test it and see

 

[1clownfish]

Red sea test kits are good but Hanna makes some good ones with digital readouts. I use the Hanna salinity and temp meter every day almost.

Yes I have heard many good thing about the Hanna test kits I might try them out. The only problem is the price.

 

[1clownfish]

Does any body have an idea or a reason for the algae? Or a solution? I have battled it for a very long time

 

[Johnnyboy87]

Without more accurate testing it becomes a guessing game. The clownfish is alive so you must be doing something right.

 

[1clownfish]

Here is a better pic if my tank. As you can see 7 is a variety of algae…and this is after a 50% water change…

 

[1clownfish]

Without more accurate testing it becomes a guessing game. The clownfish is alive so you must be doing something right.

Yes she has been thriving and growing ever since I set up her tank…she hasn’t gotten a disease ever

 

[Mr_Knightley]

My guess is that your salinity is low. Besides that, there aren't many things that could kill inverts without killing your fish too. heavy metals in the water could also be a cause, so if you mix water in a metal bucket that may be the reason.

 

[1clownfish]

And she eats very well…always begging for food

 

[1clownfish]

My guess is that your salinity is low. Besides that, there aren't many things that could kill inverts without killing your fish too. heavy metals in the water could also be a cause, so if you mix water in a metal bucket that may be the reason.

I buy only premixed salt water from my LFS I never mix it

 

[1clownfish]

My guess is that your salinity is low. Besides that, there aren't many things that could kill inverts without killing your fish too. heavy metals in the water could also be a cause, so if you mix water in a metal bucket that may be the reason.

My guess is that your salinity is low. Besides that, there aren't many things that could kill inverts without killing your fish too. heavy metals in the water could also be a cause, so if you mix water in a metal bucket that may be the reason.

hmmmm.

Hmmm…I haven’t done a test in a bit…I better do it just to make sure.

 

[Spare time]

That is a 0 for ammonia. The test is not useless. If you have 0, you get that color everytime

 

[Spare time]

Take a sample to your LFS. Api is unreliable.

API is reliable, just not easy to read. You get that result the OP has for every tank with 0 ammonia. I've used the tests several hundred times at least. They are precise, though not necessarily accurate

 

[1clownfish]

API is reliable, just not easy to read. You get that result the OP has for every tank with 0 ammonia. I've used the tests several hundred times at least

So what you are saying is that I have 0 ammonia??

 

[Spare time]

So what you are saying is that I have 0 ammonia??

Yes.