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I tested my tank for the first time in a long time, in like a month. Honestly, I only tested because I was tested phosphate after running a reactor for a week. I thought I would test everything else while I was at it. Nitrate is between 5 and 10, phosphate is between 0 and 0.25, definitely closer to 0. Nitrite is 0, and ammonia is between 1 and 2?! pH is 8.4-8.6 Is this too high? I just retested, and it shows 7.4? Something is wrong with the ph test kit...
I have had no recent casualties in the tank, and it has been established for roughly 1 year now. I have a 120 gallon (with 20 gallon sump) with the following livestock.
2 Percula Clowns (1 just introduced 2 weeks ago)
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
3 Red Firefish
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Ignitus Anthias
1 Bubble Tip Anemone
None of my fish are showing signs of stress, and all my corals were healthy today, and still look healthy (the lights are out, so it is hard for me to tell).
I only feed live foods, and only about 1 cube of mysis, butterfly food, or 2 square centimeters of Rod's Food a day.
I did hand removed some hair algae as well as scrubbed some live rock. I hand removed as much with a net as I possibly could.
Does anyone know what could have caused this spike? Thank you for all responses!
I did test some RO water to see if there was a problem with the API test kit. The test results did come up 0.0.
I have had no recent casualties in the tank, and it has been established for roughly 1 year now. I have a 120 gallon (with 20 gallon sump) with the following livestock.
2 Percula Clowns (1 just introduced 2 weeks ago)
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
3 Red Firefish
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Ignitus Anthias
1 Bubble Tip Anemone
None of my fish are showing signs of stress, and all my corals were healthy today, and still look healthy (the lights are out, so it is hard for me to tell).
I only feed live foods, and only about 1 cube of mysis, butterfly food, or 2 square centimeters of Rod's Food a day.
I did hand removed some hair algae as well as scrubbed some live rock. I hand removed as much with a net as I possibly could.
Does anyone know what could have caused this spike? Thank you for all responses!
I did test some RO water to see if there was a problem with the API test kit. The test results did come up 0.0.
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