What do you think? (Water Testing)

[BeccasSaltH2O]

Hello everybody! This is post water change. What do you all think about these levels. I added an air stone in the sump in hopes to increase the pH. Do you have any suggestions for me? This tank was an established tank for 3 years that the owner let go and some clowns died in it. I have been cycling for two weeks and I used their water.

 

[KrisReef]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

A picture of the tank would be more helpful than a photo of a post water change API test cluster.
Add to that, did you reuse the old rock from the established tank, without harsh treatments or is it viable and established old tank rock? If it is the latter, you probably are good to go.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef! I would be curious to see a picture of your tank as well!

 

[BeccasSaltH2O]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

A picture of the tank would be more helpful than a photo of a post water change API test cluster.
Add to that, did you reuse the old rock from the established tank, without harsh treatments or is it viable and established old tank rock? If it is the latter, you probably are good to go.

It is rock from the previous tank!

 

[BeccasSaltH2O]

Welcome to Reef2Reef! I would be curious to see a picture of your tank as well!

Thank you so much! I am so excited to become a part of this community!

 

[KrisReef]

It is rock from the previous tank!

The biological load is too light to detect with the API tests and the tank and fish look happy. All is good!

 

[BeccasSaltH2O]

The biological load is too light to detect with the API tests and the tank and fish look happy. All is good!

Thank you! What testing kits do you prefer the most?

 

[KrisReef]

I don’t measure very often for my fish tank.

Reef tank I use Hanna for alkalinity, and Phosphorus(ULR) more often, and Red Sea for Magnesium, Hanna for pH, Calcium occasionally.

I don’t try to adjust pH, just check it to see it’s not 6.4 like my calcium reactor.

Calcium I got as a gift and I use it like pH just to verify that it’s not out of whack high or low, every 6 months or so.

Magnesium check about as often as Calcium, it’s not disappearing very quickly.

Never test Ammonia, have a nitrite/nitrate test and it reliably tests as present in very low concentrations, ~2.0 ppm ish. (I might dose NO3 some day but haven’t tried that yet.) The tank eats Nitrogen and I don’t have to use water changes for that parameter.