Good afternoon,
Simply put, I transfered a cycled 1> month old tank into a new reefer 250. I used probably 20 gallons from the tank, and around 40 gallons of fresh salt water. However since I have transfered, I have been getting 0 ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphates. There is visible algae (I think) that grows on my class, rock surfaces, and on my frags. However it still shoes 0. I have added extra frozen fish food, and still no change. I also run a protein skimmer in a sump, I have a filter sock that is rather dirty and needs changing, and I added carbon around a week ago. Lastly, I had noticed thousands of tiny bugs on the glass most likely copepods, however in the past couple of days I hadn't noticed any at all.
It's been over two weeks since I upgraded my tank, and I am not sure what to do. Why are they all still showing 0? Isn't it bad to be at 0 nitrates? How can I get my nitrates up if extra food doesn't work? Is it safe to do a water change? I don't want to strip what little nutrients is in the water. Please let me know if I can clarify or elaborate on anything.
Values:
- 78.3 F
- 33.7 salinity
- Nitrite/nitrate/ammonia: 0
- pH: 8.2
- Alkalinity: 6/2.14 (going to add red sea coraline stuff to boost it)
- Phosphate: 0-0.03, but closer to 0 as I can hardly see a slight tint of blue but not enough to. be 0.03
- Ca: 445
- Mg: 1500+ (did whole syringe and got no colour change. Added in a couple more drops and it changed)
Test kits:
- Red sea for nitrite/nitrate/ammonia/pH/Alk,
- Phosphate, ca, mg, I am not sure what test kit I use, no brand name on the bottles
- Hanna temp/salinity checker calibrated recently.
Livestock:
- A 10-20lb live rock.
- BTA, transferred over with tank
- two clowns, added 11/26
- 10 zoanthid frags, 2 carried over, 8 new ones added 1-2 weeks ago
- yellow watchmen goby, added 11/23
- Tigert pistol shrimp, added 11/23
- GSP, carried over
- Cyphastrea frags, added 1-2 weeks
- Millepora frag, added 1-2 weeks ago
- 3 astrea snails, 7 trochus snails, 4 nasaria snails, 3-4 hermit crabs, carried over & newly added.
Feeding:
- I have been adding a 1/3rd of a frozen cube of shrimp for my clowns and to get nitrate up, about 1-2 times a day
- I add AB+ coral food from red sea every couple of days
Simply put, I transfered a cycled 1> month old tank into a new reefer 250. I used probably 20 gallons from the tank, and around 40 gallons of fresh salt water. However since I have transfered, I have been getting 0 ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphates. There is visible algae (I think) that grows on my class, rock surfaces, and on my frags. However it still shoes 0. I have added extra frozen fish food, and still no change. I also run a protein skimmer in a sump, I have a filter sock that is rather dirty and needs changing, and I added carbon around a week ago. Lastly, I had noticed thousands of tiny bugs on the glass most likely copepods, however in the past couple of days I hadn't noticed any at all.
It's been over two weeks since I upgraded my tank, and I am not sure what to do. Why are they all still showing 0? Isn't it bad to be at 0 nitrates? How can I get my nitrates up if extra food doesn't work? Is it safe to do a water change? I don't want to strip what little nutrients is in the water. Please let me know if I can clarify or elaborate on anything.
Values:
- 78.3 F
- 33.7 salinity
- Nitrite/nitrate/ammonia: 0
- pH: 8.2
- Alkalinity: 6/2.14 (going to add red sea coraline stuff to boost it)
- Phosphate: 0-0.03, but closer to 0 as I can hardly see a slight tint of blue but not enough to. be 0.03
- Ca: 445
- Mg: 1500+ (did whole syringe and got no colour change. Added in a couple more drops and it changed)
Test kits:
- Red sea for nitrite/nitrate/ammonia/pH/Alk,
- Phosphate, ca, mg, I am not sure what test kit I use, no brand name on the bottles
- Hanna temp/salinity checker calibrated recently.
Livestock:
- A 10-20lb live rock.
- BTA, transferred over with tank
- two clowns, added 11/26
- 10 zoanthid frags, 2 carried over, 8 new ones added 1-2 weeks ago
- yellow watchmen goby, added 11/23
- Tigert pistol shrimp, added 11/23
- GSP, carried over
- Cyphastrea frags, added 1-2 weeks
- Millepora frag, added 1-2 weeks ago
- 3 astrea snails, 7 trochus snails, 4 nasaria snails, 3-4 hermit crabs, carried over & newly added.
Feeding:
- I have been adding a 1/3rd of a frozen cube of shrimp for my clowns and to get nitrate up, about 1-2 times a day
- I add AB+ coral food from red sea every couple of days
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