DIAZ REEF
Active Member
Hey guys, so I am new to this forum and new to the hobby. I have had my salt water set up for 3.5 weeks now. And have been thoroughly testing my parameters everyday.
through my cycling I never had any spikes in ammonia,nitrite or nitrates. I did see diatoms form and disappear that’s about it. My LFS suggested I was in the rightpath and I could start Adding fish. I started off with a snail, then added emerald crab, Scarlett crab and some other little crab ( during the diatoms stage). On week 2 I added a regular orange clownfish and a gsp . Monitored the water parameter everyday after the fish and still read 0,0,0. Again I bothered the LFS they said what are you worried about. A week later I bought a mocha storm clownfish and 6 more corals. Continued to test my parameter and nothin. 0,0,0. I have a 20g nano tank with 2 pumps for flow and a power head for more flow. A tunze protein skimmer, carbon filter and another sock filter. Yesterday I recieved this product called reef roids, Coral food. The reviews were 5 star but most stated watch in spike of ammonia’s and nitrate.
today my corals looks AMAZING but again no change in my parameters.
do I do a water change weekly? I still haven’t done any. My water is clear and looks great, I get diatom blooms every now and then but shortly disappear. I have read that if you don’t need to don’t do water changes. I am far from perfect so I feel there’s no way I am not getting any type of fluctuation in my testing.
through my cycling I never had any spikes in ammonia,nitrite or nitrates. I did see diatoms form and disappear that’s about it. My LFS suggested I was in the rightpath and I could start Adding fish. I started off with a snail, then added emerald crab, Scarlett crab and some other little crab ( during the diatoms stage). On week 2 I added a regular orange clownfish and a gsp . Monitored the water parameter everyday after the fish and still read 0,0,0. Again I bothered the LFS they said what are you worried about. A week later I bought a mocha storm clownfish and 6 more corals. Continued to test my parameter and nothin. 0,0,0. I have a 20g nano tank with 2 pumps for flow and a power head for more flow. A tunze protein skimmer, carbon filter and another sock filter. Yesterday I recieved this product called reef roids, Coral food. The reviews were 5 star but most stated watch in spike of ammonia’s and nitrate.
today my corals looks AMAZING but again no change in my parameters.
do I do a water change weekly? I still haven’t done any. My water is clear and looks great, I get diatom blooms every now and then but shortly disappear. I have read that if you don’t need to don’t do water changes. I am far from perfect so I feel there’s no way I am not getting any type of fluctuation in my testing.
