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I think my tank is cycled. I do need to get another ammonia test kit though. The API is showing the same color every day. Even after I dropped 2 ppm ammonia.
Now I just need to change lots of the water to drop the 20ppm nitrate.
Now I just need to change lots of the water to drop the 20ppm nitrate.
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My clowns seems to be staying on 1 side of tank. 1 would swim to the middle and back. But not the other one.
I also added some blue legged hermit crabs
Hmmm... Maybe I should buy that yellow lens
I also added some blue legged hermit crabs
Hmmm... Maybe I should buy that yellow lens
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Dang it . Just found this guy got sucked in the jebao wave.. with fish guard on it.
I don't know how long he was in there. It's like he was just sleeping on the bottom part of the fish guard.
Hopefully he'll make it through. After I shut the pump off and free him from it, he was just laying on the sand for few minutes. Now he has moved spot and swimming. All I can see is one of his bottom fin is hurt. And some of his scales discolored.
I don't know how long he was in there. It's like he was just sleeping on the bottom part of the fish guard.
Hopefully he'll make it through. After I shut the pump off and free him from it, he was just laying on the sand for few minutes. Now he has moved spot and swimming. All I can see is one of his bottom fin is hurt. And some of his scales discolored.
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Weekly water test:
API Ammonia is still showing 0.5, I'm not sure that reading correctly. Since its been like that since the nitrite 0, 2 weeks ago.
Nitrite 0. This will be the last time I am testing that.
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0 using Hanna Checker Phosphate. but its not the ultra low one. I bought the wrong one...
Alkalinity is 5.8 using hanna checker and aquaforest alkalinity test kit. This is what confused me.
I did 10% water change. and tested the alkalinity of my saltwater bucket. (1 week old) and I'm getting 6.2.
I wonder if I have a bad batch of salt.
API Ammonia is still showing 0.5, I'm not sure that reading correctly. Since its been like that since the nitrite 0, 2 weeks ago.
Nitrite 0. This will be the last time I am testing that.
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0 using Hanna Checker Phosphate. but its not the ultra low one. I bought the wrong one...
Alkalinity is 5.8 using hanna checker and aquaforest alkalinity test kit. This is what confused me.
I did 10% water change. and tested the alkalinity of my saltwater bucket. (1 week old) and I'm getting 6.2.
I wonder if I have a bad batch of salt.
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After getting help from another thread, I can say that I am a dummy. LoL
Got my refractometer fully calibrated. Been using lower salinity(1.022). So I am in the process of getting that higher by manually topping off with saltwater.
Also bought new fish food.
Dual function! Just gave it to them and they love it.
These 2 seems to like it too.
Got my refractometer fully calibrated. Been using lower salinity(1.022). So I am in the process of getting that higher by manually topping off with saltwater.
Also bought new fish food.
Dual function! Just gave it to them and they love it.
These 2 seems to like it too.
