Nothe sure what to do

[slipknotgrrl83]

I run mine a 1.025. I would stick with the 10 percent set at 1.025 or 1.026. You want to raise it slowly. A few 10 percent in a few weeks should raise it up

 

[clownvalk3]

Ok, thank you for the help. Am I ready for fish?

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

So should I do a 20% water change and get my new water to like 1.026?

Personally I would do 10 percent at 1.026 over a a few weeks. Doing 10 percent every 4 or 5 days should raise it slowly as to not shock anything. That's just me, maybe others will chime in :)

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

Ok, thank you for the help. Am I ready for fish?

Current parameters?

 

[clownvalk3]

So I ended up getting a pair of clowns and for the past day they have been staying in only one part of my 75 gal tank. Is this normal?

 

[clownvalk3]

How often should I feed them?

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

So I ended up getting a pair of clowns and for the past day they have been staying in only one part of my 75 gal tank. Is this normal?

Give them time, new surroundings. They will most likely venture out soon. Mine took about a week to get comfortable

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

How often should I feed them?

I feed my fish once a day. Mid afternoon, they get LRS frozen

 

[clownvalk3]

How long do I wait to get more fish.. it has been 2 weeks.

 

[MaiReef]

Notes:
Your tank is clear. No ammonia or nitrates. you are at 1.025-1.026 salinity. You have two clowns.

It has only been 2 weeks. How often are you doing water changes? If 8 gallons, every two weeks, then wait two more water changes. Time is your friend here. Be patient. It is very hard, but adding livestock slowly lets your bio filtration build and you avoid spikes. Stability is what you want. Find your parameters and test twice a week to see if they stay the same for the next month. If they do, or better yet, if nitrates go down, then you are headed for more livestock.

 

[4FordFamily]

So I have a 75 gal tank that has been up for little over 3 weeks, and my water has looked pretty cloudy for the past couple days. People on the facebook group I am in has told me many different reasons, it is a bacteria bloom, filtration has failed ( but it is still running), and lastly it is because it is brand new tank. Any advice would be appreciated.

Time and water changes fix most things (except disease which this is not) in this hobby :)

 

[clownvalk3]

Notes:
Your tank is clear. No ammonia or nitrates. you are at 1.025-1.026 salinity. You have two clowns.

It has only been 2 weeks. How often are you doing water changes? If 8 gallons, every two weeks, then wait two more water changes. Time is your friend here. Be patient. It is very hard, but adding livestock slowly lets your bio filtration build and you avoid spikes. Stability is what you want. Find your parameters and test twice a week to see if they stay the same for the next month. If they do, or better yet, if nitrates go down, then you are headed for more livestock.

I did my first water change a week ago today, I did about 15 gallons maybe a little over that. I haven't tested my water since then. What is the bio filtration? Is that just my filter?

 

[MaiReef]

Your biological filtration is live rock and anything that holds bacteria that touches the water. It is what turns ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. Algae eats nitrate mostly. Which is why other fitration is important to get rid of nitrate. Water changes also do that. Tok much of a water change and you effect you bio filter negatively.

 

[clownvalk3]

So the store I got my clowns from said I should do a 25% water change every week. Is this correct?

 

[tyler1503]

So the store I got my clowns from said I should do a 25% water change every week. Is this correct?

That depends on what you're trying to achieve. Larger water changes are good for bringing nitrate and phosphate down. Well, they're good for bringing any pollutants down really.
They also help bring certain levels back up like calcium and magnesium which corals will consume to grow.
Smaller water changes more often help keep things a little more consistent and can cut down on the cost of salt, RODI etc.

Some people will do up to 30% weekly, others might do 10% monthly. I personally do about 20% weekly when the tank is still new, and slow down to about 10% weekly when everything is looking good.

The choice is yours really, but consistency is better than x%.
Do you know what your nitrate and phosphate levels are?

 

[clownvalk3]

I have to test my water. My tank has been up for almost 2 months. I may have a couple coral in the future but mainly fish.

 

[clownvalk3]

What fish should I get next?

 

[clownvalk3]

So I got two firefish goby's on Thursday. They hide in the rocks a lot but I have only seen one, so I am afraid that the other one is dead and stuck in the rocks? Or do they just like to hide a lot?

 

[MaiReef]

They can hide, but should come out for feedings within a week. That has been my experience

 

[clownvalk3]

Ok, i saw both of them Friday. I went out of town Saturday and haven't see one of them since Friday. I just don't want to have it dead in my rocks somewhere and not know it.