What do I need to test for?

HowardJ02 · Jan 9, 2017

Alrights guys, now I'm feeling like something really is off in the tank. My frogspawn hasn't been coming out all the way for the past couple weeks, my magician zoas lost a lot of color, now my Rastas are all closed up and they look "pinched" ?

Salinity: 1.025
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 0
pH: 8.0

All I have right now is the API saltwater test kit.
Today I did add probably 3/4 a gallon of freshwater for top off. I don't have an ATO and got behind a couple days.

Could it be a swing in salinity that caused this with the Rastas? They were fine yesterday.

What do I need to test for to see what could be going on? Alk? Calcium?

saltyfilmfolks · Jan 9, 2017

HowardJ02 said:
Could it be a swing in salinity that caused this with the Rastas?

yup.

Bunnee911 · Jan 9, 2017

Ditto

alten78 · Jan 9, 2017

You said the frogspawn hasn't been out in a few weeks, is salinity swings common for you? I would invest in some better test kits but if your no3 and po4 are truly 0, frogspawn and some zoas will not open and look deflated. You can try to spot feed the frogspawn and see if it responds.

saltyfilmfolks · Jan 9, 2017

alten78 said:
You said the frogspawn hasn't been out in a few weeks, is salinity swings common for you? I would invest in some better test kits but if your no3 and po4 are truly 0, frogspawn and some zoas will not open and look deflated. You can try to spot feed the frogspawn and see if it responds.

yup zeros might not be so good

HowardJ02 · Jan 9, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
yup.

Will they bounce back hopefully??

HowardJ02 · Jan 9, 2017

alten78 said:
You said the frogspawn hasn't been out in a few weeks, is salinity swings common for you? I would invest in some better test kits but if your no3 and po4 are truly 0, frogspawn and some zoas will not open and look deflated. You can try to spot feed the frogspawn and see if it responds.

If I skip a day adding fresh RO I have to add 1/2 - 3/4 gallon. I need to get better at it or find an ATO for my nano.