New tank and new to the forum

lazy josh · Jan 28, 2021

Hello i have my tank running now for two months and just put in first couple snails and one clownfish Its a 13.5 gallon fluval.

ammonia 0
nitrite 0
Nitrates 5-10 ppm
Ph 8.6
Alk 7.1
Sg 1.027
My PH started at 8.3 and has slowly went up to 8.6 is that normal for the first two months?
Second question is i did a water change last week and tested Alk was at 8.1 so i tested everyday and it has been going down .2dkh a day. Is this normal? And as of right now should i try keeping it balanced between water changes just to get use to balancing the tank or do i just do water changes weekly and not worry so much about the decrease?
Thanks so many more questions are on the way sorry in advance

Josh

Peace River · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

BranchingHammer · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome to reef2reef! I love the tank! I wouldn't worry so much about the alkalinity and pH yet, just keep an eye on salinity, temperature, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for now.

MERKEY · Jan 28, 2021

Hello and welcome to R2R and great start!

mijan · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome to reef2Reef !

SaltyT · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome to R2R! Good looking tank!

Specific Ocean · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome!

Ippyroy · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome to R2R!

rubertoe93 · Jan 28, 2021

Welcome!!

lazy josh · Jan 28, 2021

Thanks for the warm welcome like i said before will have a ton of questions. My wife also thinks im crazy because even with nothing in the tank i just sit and watch the snails and the fish for a bit when i get home from work very fascinating stuff