Water params

[My2heartboys]

Tank size 47.4 gallons
blue damsel
skunk clown
reg. clown
tube coral
sarcophyton of some sorts
3 hitchiker clams



Temp. 77.5
pH 7.8
SG 1.024-1.025
Nitrate 40 ppm
Nitrite 0-.5 ppm (mg/l)
Alk 180 (KH) ppm
Hardness 300 ppm? red (freshwater test)
Ca2+ 460 mg/l (ppm)
Ammonia .25 ppm (mg/l) down from last night which was at stress level


I did a 9+ gallon water change yesterday


It seems that things are just a bit off for just doing a water change, aren't they?

Anne

 

[Krish]

What were they before the change?

 

[WaterDogs]

Looks like the tank is cycling for some reason. Anything die or get added too quickly to the system? Did the initial cycle finish?

 

[mungus]

Anne typically you should never have any ammonia or nitrite show up on a test kit. Unless the tank is still cycling. Also your nitrate is very high. You probably want to do a 50%. When you changed you water did you disturb your sand bed at all? That can sometimes cause a small cycle. Was the water you put in the same temp as the water in the tank?

 

[My2heartboys]

Anne typically you should never have any ammonia or nitrite show up on a test kit. Unless the tank is still cycling. Also your nitrate is very high. You probably want to do a 50%. When you changed you water did you disturb your sand bed at all? That can sometimes cause a small cycle. Was the water you put in the same temp as the water in the tank?

Yes I did have to--some red stuff was on it and I used the siphon to vacuum it out. I did bump the salinity up from 1.024 (steady). I don't know if it was a red sponge growing on the sand or some cyano.

Anne

 

[My2heartboys]

What were they before the change?

76.7 F
1.024 SG (steady)
300 ppm Alk (KH)
300 ppm (GH)
0-.5 nitrite
40 mg/l nitrate
7.8 ph
0 ammonia
400 mg/l (ppm) calcium

Call me awful--but don't remember exactly when this test was done. It has to be within the last 2-3 days.
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9/11

Temp 78.8
SG 1.024
ammonia .25 (test says safe limit)
Nitrates 20 ppm
Nitrites 0
pH 8.4

At this time I changed the penguin filter and the filter media of the fluval. Took all sponges out of filters and gave them a good rinse in used saltwater.

I find myself getting into the bad habit of testing and not putting time date and results down. (


This last water change I did replace the water kind of fast and not quite at tank temp. SG was also a little higher as well and I did have some pretty good temp swings.

Anne