Hi friends, I'm new in the salt water hobbie and I'm having two mayor problems in my aquarium. I have a fish/live rock 125 gal tank with: large french angel, medium sailfin tang, two blue face triggers (male/female), maroon clownfish, dog face puffer, harlequin tusk, a baby blue tang, small grouper and a Naso tang.
First:
The naso tang use too eat normally to the daily food and algea on rock but since two days ago its not eaten. I use to gave to all my fishes frozen shrimps and some pellets. Even though the tang is herb, it was eaten frozen shrimps. Could you guys have any clue what I'm doing wrong? Tomorrow I will bought some seaweeds to see if thats work.
Second:
My nitrates are wayyyyy too high and a friend told me that could be the amount of food that i gave to the fishes. At the beginning I was overfeeding the fishes but since one week ago I only feed the necessary amount and only once daily. I installed a new protein skimmer and a power head in one of the corner to increase the water movement. One thing that I noticed, is that I have a dead spot in one corner and that could be part of my problem. What should be a good water movement and if with regular water changes the nitrates could start dropping?
Thanks and happy holidays to all,
Carlos Javier
First:
The naso tang use too eat normally to the daily food and algea on rock but since two days ago its not eaten. I use to gave to all my fishes frozen shrimps and some pellets. Even though the tang is herb, it was eaten frozen shrimps. Could you guys have any clue what I'm doing wrong? Tomorrow I will bought some seaweeds to see if thats work.
Second:
My nitrates are wayyyyy too high and a friend told me that could be the amount of food that i gave to the fishes. At the beginning I was overfeeding the fishes but since one week ago I only feed the necessary amount and only once daily. I installed a new protein skimmer and a power head in one of the corner to increase the water movement. One thing that I noticed, is that I have a dead spot in one corner and that could be part of my problem. What should be a good water movement and if with regular water changes the nitrates could start dropping?
Thanks and happy holidays to all,
Carlos Javier