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HAWKS12thMAN
NWKRC THUG!
Have you added any thing latly? Has anything died? Any new additives?
reeffreak
Reef pro
PH is perfect
Nitrate aren't to high either.Closer to zero is better in most cases.I would increase water changes.If your doing 10% weekly,then increase to maybe 15-20% wkly.
Nitrate aren't to high either.Closer to zero is better in most cases.I would increase water changes.If your doing 10% weekly,then increase to maybe 15-20% wkly.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I would try to get your nitrates below 20. How often and how large are your water changes?
yote
In Memoriam
Also what and how much are you feeding.
Flakes and pellets can cause high nitrates.
Flakes and pellets can cause high nitrates.
hibye
Reef enthusiast
also whwn you do a water change do you clean the gravel with a siphon
Doc
I don't work for anybody
reduce your feedings to every other day and use frozen food. If you are really cautious, you can strain the cube in a tight meshlike a pair of nylons and melt the frozen cube and remove the jelly-stuff that causes most of the pollutants in the food and they toss in the mysis shrimp or whatever you are feeding. Just run the cube under some tank water in the sink after thawing the cube and dump it in the tank (not sure if I explained the straining process well....hmmmm, probably why I was not an English major in college). Yes increase water changes, but no more than 50% in a month, yes filter your sand and lots of praying to the diety of your choice can't hurt.
-Dr Marco :sfish:
-Dr Marco :sfish:
Doc
I don't work for anybody
hmm, you are about to stump me. It sounds like, for some reason, you are having a lot of nutrient added to your tank. that can come from food if you are feeding a TON every other day or die off in your tank - losing a coral you missed, mass suicide of snails or crabs, something like that. It should correct itself over a bit of time. Just keep up with water changes and let your tank run its course. It really takes a year for your tank to get seasoned and truly balance out. 40ppm isn't the end of the world and there are worse problems to have. Hell, I can't ever get my phosphate under .5 because I feed like crazy - but it doesn't seem to effect my corals (except when I try pom pom xenia - each time I have tried it, no matter where I buy it, it shrivels up within minutes from entering my tank. Weird). Anyway, keep with it.
-Dr Marco :sfish:
-Dr Marco :sfish:
reeffreak
Reef pro
20ppm is fine.
Doc
I don't work for anybody
nitrates effect the corals long before it harms or stressed the fish. 20ppm is no big deal nor is 40ppm in a fish only tank for that matter.
-Dr Marco :sfish:
-Dr Marco :sfish:
Bifferwine
I am a girl
At that level, the nitrates won't stress the fish, but they may cause algae problems. Which doesn't bother the fish either, but will bother you :D.
20reefer
Reefing newb
what type of water did you use in your tank?
