Both, I thought I had a good idea about maintenance and filtration but sometimes my ammonia goes from 0 to .25 and then my nitrates goes even higher than what it is, maybe I’m feeding too much. I’ve been told the 0-.25 ammonia is probably just at 0 but then a fish dies and I get worried again! I’m under more stress than fish I have! The trigger died, it jumped out the tank on the tank cover, acted funny with a different color, had a red bruise under its mouth and died two days later! No other disease or injury noticeable. No other fish is aggressive towards it, if anything that was rhe aggressive one.
True, I learned not to add anything random to my tank based on what one fish is exhibiting but what do you do when you find a fish acting funny or not eating. I feel like not taking action fast enough might result in them getting more. I’m not entirely sure about it though honestly.
I don’t know anything about algae scrubber, I’ll have to look that up. Also I keep my lights turned off majority of the time because it coats my rocks into a brown algae and the glass. Should I keep them on? What’s the blue and white light percentage and time you recommend. I don’t have any corals just fish.
I’ll look into this thank you!Watching 5 minute youtube videos is one thing, to get the most basic general information. But I believe that to advance in the hobby, its best to be regularly visiting and reading articles from websites such as:
Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
reefbuilders.com
Home | Reef Hobbyist Magazine
www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com
Oh yeah, this is the most important thing in my opinion.
I've tested the Salifert PO4 test kit compared to the Hanna ULR (multiple tests) and below 0.7 po4 the Salifert PO4 testkit returns 0. So when you see 0.03 on the Salifert testkit you're more around 1. I then asked around and a lot of people mentioned that the PO4 testkit of salifert indeed isn't the best one to use, since it isn't really accurate. The other testkits of Salifert are good to go though. Those are accurate. The people I've asked either had RedSea testkits or Hanna.
Everyone is going to have a different experience and as much as im on here, hanna and salifert are the favored. Some will say Api, sera and so forth.
Here is a picture of my Light Profile, I am using Reefi-Lab Uno 2.0 lights on a mostly softy/lps tank. These are 277 watt lights. Your light intensity will depend on the type and make of light you are using. ViparSpectra I ran at 80% Blue and 5% white for 12 hours on blue and 6 hour on white.
Thank you, I don’t have any corals so not sure if I can run lighting for that long. Even for a couple hours a day, my tank was covered with algae in a couple days.Here is a picture of my Light Profile, I am using Reefi-Lab Uno 2.0 lights on a mostly softy/lps tank. These are 277 watt lights. Your light intensity will depend on the type and make of light you are using. ViparSpectra I ran at 80% Blue and 5% white for 12 hours on blue and 6 hour on white.
Everyone is going to have a different experience, but if I run a test X times and converse with a lot of people in order to determine whether my tests are faulty and they all mention the same thing, we can safely assume it's not merely experience, but also some truth to it. Salifert isn't bad, as a matter of fact, it's (as you mentioned) favored, but the PO4 testkit sucks. I am simply stating what I have observed throughout my tests and conversations in regards to the PO4 testkit and which one was favored when testing for PO4 by others (RedSea).
For me, the biggest difference between Fresh and Salt was this, with Salt we MANAGE the Algae, and we do this with snails, inverts, fish etc, because we WANT our light cycle to mimic the SUN itself, so we will get algae, it's a fact of salt water.
