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I’ve lost about 3/4 of my stock after a 5gal water change and minor filter maintenance (replaced old quick clear with new and replaced nitrite/ammonia pads) and I rinsed the media in my filter water to remove large debris.
I scrubbed some algae of my rocks as normal and removed a large amount of it as well. I assume my higher phosphate is because I removed the hair algae. My corals are not happy and the remaining fish are at the top rear left of the tank.
Water testing showed I have the following:
Temp: 79F
Salinity: 1.021 read on Hannah and 1.026 on Red Sea (averaging it comes to 1.023
Ammonia: .2-.4ppm (Red Sea)
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate:0ppm
Phosphate: .15ppm
Alk: 7.0
No CALC or MAG tests
If I did recycle my tank (which I think I did), what can I do to preserve the remaining fish?
I’ve lost about 3/4 of my stock after a 5gal water change and minor filter maintenance (replaced old quick clear with new and replaced nitrite/ammonia pads) and I rinsed the media in my filter water to remove large debris.
I scrubbed some algae of my rocks as normal and removed a large amount of it as well. I assume my higher phosphate is because I removed the hair algae. My corals are not happy and the remaining fish are at the top rear left of the tank.
Water testing showed I have the following:
Temp: 79F
Salinity: 1.021 read on Hannah and 1.026 on Red Sea (averaging it comes to 1.023
Ammonia: .2-.4ppm (Red Sea)
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate:0ppm
Phosphate: .15ppm
Alk: 7.0
No CALC or MAG tests
If I did recycle my tank (which I think I did), what can I do to preserve the remaining fish?