Serious help needed

[fishfinn]

My tank parameters are waaaay out of whack and I don't know why. Maybe my test kit is bad or something because all my fish and corals are doing good except for my frogspawn and hammer, they look like they're receding or something

and here are my parameters as tested 5 minutes ago

Any help or advice on how to get everything lower please. I'm going to the store now to get some stuff and I could really use some help on what to get to lower this as quick and effectively as possible. Thanks

 

[Anthony Wood]

Anything above 0 for nitrites is no good but it could be the test kit which are you using? Just do a large water change that'll save everything from dieing. As far as your frogspawn it just looks like it's shading it's underside out not a huge deal as long as you have proper lighting again your good.

 

[Anthony Wood]

I just looked at your post again 100ppm nitrates is way to high! Large water change and find the source of the nitrates.

 

[Bunnee911]

We need more information hun. What size tank, what test kits, full tank shot photo. How long has it been up and cycled? Etc

 

[Irsug1]

Big water changes are needed!

 

[nelson450]

This shuld be your parameters
Temperature 72-78 F
Ph 8.1-8.4
Alk 8.0-12.0dkh
Ca. 412.0-450
No2 0 ppm
Po4 <0.05ppm
No3<10ppm

 

[twilliard]

Anything above 0 for nitrites is no good but it could be the test kit which are you using? Just do a large water change that'll save everything from dieing. As far as your frogspawn it just looks like it's shading it's underside out not a huge deal as long as you have proper lighting again your good.

Anything above 0 no3 is no good?
Can you clarify this?

 

[Caseyoidae]

No3. Ideally strive for 0 ppm. Or at least get it as close as possible. 0 is ideal but less than 5 or 10 and corals should look happier. Any chance you have ammonia ?

 

[Sabellafella]

My tank parameters are waaaay out of whack and I don't know why. Maybe my test kit is bad or something because all my fish and corals are doing good except for my frogspawn and hammer, they look like they're receding or something

and here are my parameters as tested 5 minutes ago

Any help or advice on how to get everything lower please. I'm going to the store now to get some stuff and I could really use some help on what to get to lower this as quick and effectively as possible. Thanks

Gotta get an rodi unit, grab a alk and mag test kit also.

 

[Anthony Wood]

Anything above 0 no3 is no good?
Can you clarify this?

anything above 0 for NO2

 

[fishfinn]

300 gallon tank, been set up for atleast a year now, just did a 65 gallon water change last week with natural sea water. I plan on getting more water today and doing another 65g change tomorrow. Anything besides the alk and mag tests I should get?

 

[fishfinn]

I don't run a my bio media at the moment, any suggestions on what I should get? Also, I used a product (don't remember the exact name) to get rid of all my cyano bacteria I had and it's all gone now so that may be what caused it, I'll do a water change tomorrow or later today if the temp is right, but what else should I do? What media should I run? Any liquid based things I can use to reduce the nitrite and nitrite?

 

[twilliard]

No2 is the process of the nitrogen cycle.
May have started with an elevated ammonia level

 

[fishfinn]

Ok, I ended up getting a mesh bag and 6 things of seachem matrix, as I've heard good reviews from it

 

[fishfinn]

Full tank shot

 

[sc50964]

API test kits have expiration dates. Are yours still good. Even if they are, I suggest to get better ones like salifert, Red Sea, or seachem.

 

[fishfinn]

API test kits have expiration dates. Are yours still good. Even if they are, I suggest to get better ones like salifert, Red Sea, or seachem.

I'll look into getting a better test kit

 

[fishfinn]

Does my Duncan look ok too?

 

[sc50964]

Looks ok as LPS are tolerant of less desired water quality, but they won't last too long if the phosphate, no2, and no3 readings are real. Ca is a little high as well. Suggest to take water samples to a reputable LFS to confirm on your readings and start deploying a way to drop them gradually.

 

[fishfinn]

Looks ok as LPS are tolerant of less desired water quality, but they won't last too long if the phosphate, no2, and no3 readings are real. Ca is a little high as well. Suggest to take water samples to a reputable LFS to confirm on your readings and start deploying a way to drop them gradually.

I'm taking a sample of water to my LFS in a little while. Also, I didn't know test kits had an expiration date an do don't see the expiration date on them, I just see that they're from 2006. So I'll be getting a new test kit at my LFS also