Hello all. Happy Saturday.
I made a post last Friday. Feel free to look at it. I added fish (clownsthe following day (last sat). Also added the pulsing Xenia and GSP. The fish have done well and we’re eating great. I bought them from the Corner Reef in St. Louis. Not sure if my tank was fully cycled at that point, but my ammonia had been decreasing rapidly. Think ammonia was at .25, but heard that api ammonia will never show 0. No nitrites and little nitrates at that time.
Today I just tested parameters. Salinity is at 31 ppt. I’m having trouble reading the api kit though. I can’t tell what color each vile is. I think my
ph 8.2
Ammonia .25??
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5.0?
Tonight when I was turning off the lights and feeding, my one clown didn’t move from the corner. I noticed it’s mouth was rapidly moving. I don’t think it’s oxygen because it’s not at the top getting air… hope it doesn’t have something horrible wrong. I hope it just bit a bristle worm or something?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
no, I do not have a quarantine tank. My plan is to not add anything else until I can afford it. I am content with the three basic corals I have and the fish and hermits.
I made a post last Friday. Feel free to look at it. I added fish (clownsthe following day (last sat). Also added the pulsing Xenia and GSP. The fish have done well and we’re eating great. I bought them from the Corner Reef in St. Louis. Not sure if my tank was fully cycled at that point, but my ammonia had been decreasing rapidly. Think ammonia was at .25, but heard that api ammonia will never show 0. No nitrites and little nitrates at that time.
Today I just tested parameters. Salinity is at 31 ppt. I’m having trouble reading the api kit though. I can’t tell what color each vile is. I think my
ph 8.2
Ammonia .25??
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5.0?
Tonight when I was turning off the lights and feeding, my one clown didn’t move from the corner. I noticed it’s mouth was rapidly moving. I don’t think it’s oxygen because it’s not at the top getting air… hope it doesn’t have something horrible wrong. I hope it just bit a bristle worm or something?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
no, I do not have a quarantine tank. My plan is to not add anything else until I can afford it. I am content with the three basic corals I have and the fish and hermits.
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