Everything Seems To Be Settled

[RAYRAY]

Well . I Thought I Had Everything Under Control. But Some How It Seem To Get Away From My Grasp. The First Thing I Think I Did Wrong Was Rinse My Filter Media On The Emperor 280. Should I Just Leave That In From Now On Or Change It Every Month ? I Thought You Would Change It Becuase All The Good Bacteria Would Be On The Bio Wheel.
Some How My Parameters Are All Out. Ammonia = 0.25 Nitrite = Between 0.25-0.50 (bad Bad Bad) Water Change Needed!!!! Nitrate = 20 Ph = 8.4 Gravity = 1.022 Salinity = 30. THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK WENT WRONG IS RINSING THE FILTER MEDIA !!!!

[Bifferwine]

Rinsing the filter media MAY have cleaned off enough bacteria to cause an ammonia spike, but that's unlikely unless you don't have enough bacteria elsewhere in your tank. Do you have enough live rock and sand? I think some more probable possiblities are that something died or you've been overfeeding.

[RigoSharon]

i agree with biff, your rock was cured , cause your parameters were ok, if i recall from other threads..i dont think that cleaning the filter media causes the alterations on your parameters, do the water change, check again..

[RAYRAY]

I Only Have 10 Lbs Of Live Rock And 20 Lbs Of Base Rock. No Live Rock At All Yet. The Last Time This Happened Was Right Before I Changed From The Whisper To The Emperor Filter. Nothing Died Because I Only Have The One Clown Fish. I Only Feed A Pinch 3 Times A Day And I Put It In A Feeder Cone So That If He Doesnt Eat I Can Remove It.

[Bifferwine]

A pinch three times a day is a lot of food. I'd feed a pinch once a day or once every other day.

[reeffreak]

For the time your tank been running,your base rock should be seeded somewhat.I would change the media more often,maybe twice a month,so it would become less of a biological filter and cut back on feeding for the time being.

[RAYRAY]

So, I Should Only Feed My Fish Once A Day Or Every Other Day ???? I Thought You Shoyuld Feed More Then That Just A Little At A Time??
My Tank Had Brown Algea All Over The Place, Everywhere !!! I Would Clean The Glass Thats It.... Then It Just Started Disappearing.. I Figured When It Started To Disappear, That Was The Reason The Tank Started To Cloud Up. So Thats When I Rinsed The Filter. So I Will Feed Less And Change The Filter More.... I Took The Chemi-pure Bag Out Also Because I Thought That It Also Might Be Too Old, I Didnt Realize That It Could Be Rinced Also, So I Will Add Another Soon, That Really Helped The First Time.... I Keep Everyone Posted !!! Thanks For The Help Everyone !!

[RigoSharon]

chemy pure pouch can be used for 3 months.. just rinse it every 2 weeks..to get away detritus and biological waste..good luck ray..i hope everyting resolves ok..

[RAYRAY]

The Tank Is Almost Cleared Again.......i Replaced The Filter And Replaced The Chemi-pure. The Fish Is Doing Ok... Still Eating And Everything.. That Was Bizzare.... What Would Cause All The Brown Algea Just To Start Dissapearing ????? I Thought The Fish Was Either Eating It Or Pushing It Around With His Fins. I'm Telling You I Havent Done Anything Different Since I Added The First Batch Of Chemi-pure. I Add Top Off Water,feed And Was Clean The Glass Because The Brown Algea Was Getting Crazy. Well Move On I Will And See How Things Go.. I Does Make Me Nervous Though About Adding Tank Mates.

[RigoSharon]

good to hear that..good luck..