Our previous 26 gallon Colbalt Aquatics AIO tank cracked for reasons still unknown. Thank God my family and me were home and were able to save our clownfish and diamond goby. However, we needed a tank fast, so we purchased the display model of an Innovative Marine 20 gallon AIO tank from our local fish shop. It came with everything we needed (Water, heater, light, live rock, clean up crew, and apparently some hitchhikers as well) and was basically done with its cycle so we were able to add the fishbright away.
Fast foward three weeks and those previously mentioned hitchhikers are starting to appear. The good news the numbers in the tank have looked good for those three weeks: Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates: 10-20, Salinity 1.026, and PH 8.1. My question is which hitchikers will dissappear on their own assuming the water chemistry is stable, and which ones i need to remove right away.
Thanks for the replies and help!
Fast foward three weeks and those previously mentioned hitchhikers are starting to appear. The good news the numbers in the tank have looked good for those three weeks: Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates: 10-20, Salinity 1.026, and PH 8.1. My question is which hitchikers will dissappear on their own assuming the water chemistry is stable, and which ones i need to remove right away.
Thanks for the replies and help!
