I'm happy to report that my 12g nano finally seems to be up and running again after a crash last summer. Here's my numbers:
pH: 7.8
Temp 79
Phosphates 0.03ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Mg 1380ppm
Ca 490ppm
SG 1.024
Alk 168ppm
After testing I did a 1g water change. The numbers are consistent with last week with the exception of a 28ppm drop in alk and a drop in phosphates from .17 to 0.03. Needless to say, I'm thrilled that all my work over the past month has paid off. I'm planning on getting two clownfish tomorrow. The tank itself is 5 years old and wasn't totally broken down after the crash. The crash started with a days long temp spike of 92f when our air went out over a holiday weekend. It just went downhill from there, with cyano and other algae outbreaks. Any thoughts on how long I should wait before adding coral again? I only had softies and LPS before, but they all died during the temp spike. I'm ready to rebuild and will take any advice I can get! Here's my little tank, empty but happy:
The rocks look green because of only using the white LEDs, but that's not algae.
pH: 7.8
Temp 79
Phosphates 0.03ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Mg 1380ppm
Ca 490ppm
SG 1.024
Alk 168ppm
After testing I did a 1g water change. The numbers are consistent with last week with the exception of a 28ppm drop in alk and a drop in phosphates from .17 to 0.03. Needless to say, I'm thrilled that all my work over the past month has paid off. I'm planning on getting two clownfish tomorrow. The tank itself is 5 years old and wasn't totally broken down after the crash. The crash started with a days long temp spike of 92f when our air went out over a holiday weekend. It just went downhill from there, with cyano and other algae outbreaks. Any thoughts on how long I should wait before adding coral again? I only had softies and LPS before, but they all died during the temp spike. I'm ready to rebuild and will take any advice I can get! Here's my little tank, empty but happy:
The rocks look green because of only using the white LEDs, but that's not algae.