No worries ... good start. Next time start with your struggling fish questions ...Sorry I was trying to give as much info as I could without boring everyone
Yes I angled that up a couple of weeks ago. Lots of surface churn
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No worries ... good start. Next time start with your struggling fish questions ...Sorry I was trying to give as much info as I could without boring everyone
Yes I angled that up a couple of weeks ago. Lots of surface churn
Not heavily. And it’s just the clowns. They might just be weirdos.Are your fish still struggling?
Am over 100 I would be overjoyed for 40.It's because of your bioballs. It is well known they are nitrate factories
Sidenote: 20 nitrates is fine. I have 100+ in my sps tank and no side effects
high, watery production, consistency of a weak black tea.It doesn’t seem to be doing a lot. What is skimming wet mean?
Sorry. To clarify laying on their side at top of tank. Not on the sand.Still a bit odd with them laying on the sand.
Are your bio balls in a bag or otherwise just in the sump, or are they pellets in a reactor?
OK, maybe they are just being picked on by the other fish and not suffering O2 deprivation.Sorry. To clarify laying on their side at top of tank. Not on the sand.
If you are running pellets, this could be the cause of a bloom.Are your bio balls in a bag or otherwise just in the sump, or are they pellets in a reactor?
OK, maybe they are just being picked on by the other fish and not suffering O2 deprivation.
Still, I'd want to continue with the bacterial discussion
If you are running pellets, this could be the cause of a bloom.
Is the cloudy water 'white-ish' or more 'green-ish' ?
Yeah sameAm over 100 I would be overjoyed for 40.
Hy bud, your ammonia will show zero or close to it as it has gone from ammonia to nitrite to nitratesI am constantly struggling with keeping my nitrates in line. I don’t believe that I’m overstocked, and I’m certain that I don’t over feed.
I use Hannah testers except for nitrate I use API
Ammonia: 0 ~
Calcium: 531 ppm.
Phosphate: .02 ppm.
Alkalinity: 8.6.
Magnesium: 1340.
Salinity: 1.025.
Temp: 77.6
The API tester is showing me over 20 and maybe higher than that. Which i know is real bad. It’s also strange that my Ammonia reads at or near zero at the same time.
I’m doing 5% water changes 2x per week. I’m currently running bio balls, carbon and pyrogen synthetic filter resin.
My tank is 40G. About 8 months old. I have a good amount of LPS and soft coral and the following ;
2 ocelaris clowns
1 Pygmy dwarf angel
1 royal gramma
1 peppermint hogfish
1 rainbow BTA
Blood shrimp
Cleaner shrimp
Fighting conch
2 ruby crabs
Several assorted snails
My primary question is should I try a nitrate sponge or something similar.
Thanks in advance
I agree, your doing fine your ammonia is low as it’s being consumed by bacteria into nitrite and then nitrates.Nitrates @ 20 ppm is pretty standard for a healthy reef tank, even mixed Softies/LPS/SPS.
As long as you have some PO4, of which you have at least 'some'.
As per you NH3 thoughts ...
Ammonia will not be readable with test kits if it's being properly and rapidly converted to NO2 and then NO3.
You're doing fine.
If you're not suffering any major nuisance algae issues, carry on.
I don’t believe so, as I don’t know what a refugium is lolHy bud, your ammonia will show zero or close to it as it has gone from ammonia to nitrite to nitrates
I agree, your doing fine your ammonia is low as it’s being consumed by bacteria into nitrite and then nitrates.
Maybe do a 25% water change every week and yes run your skimmer a bit wetter.
If you have a uv light filter it should stop the bacteria bloom you are having.
I am still very new to this hobby but this is what I would be trying if i was you.
Do you have a refugium? This might help with consuming excess nutrients.
I don’t believe so, as I don’t know what a refugium is lol
So it's most likely bacterial and not algae.Definitely more white ish
I bought an air stone. Should I try that?So it's most likely bacterial and not algae.
Either can lower O2, but with bacterial ...
If you're running bio pellets in a reactor, maybe someone here can help you out with that as I think that's where the blooms are coming from.
If you're running bio balls as you initially wrote then this won't have any bearing.
I'd still consider running some carbon to remove the bloom and get the tank's O2 levels back up.