What Is wrong with my tank

[matthew.forsyth01]

1. Hopefully that resolves your issues. Even with ammonia locked up, it is good to get nitrite (and nitrate, if there are any) down. Nitrite needs to reach very high levels to kill marine fish, but it's still better to keep it low if possible. Plus, would probs help with not inhibiting nitrification.
2. I agree with @laverda, looks pretty 'new' to me, but anyways we can move past that, whatever is the case right now it is not processing ammonia well enough, presuming your ammonia read was correct.
3. That should be plenty, so long term you should be fine.
4. That's okay, it's not always easy to know the 'best' method, and to be fair people do do fish-in cycling. I have done it before too. It just needs a bit more finesse.

I hope so I would hate to loose all my buddy's even though at the current state it seems like its defentily gonna happen
it very well could have been i really didnt know what to ask and the guy wasnt very helpful i got more info from the guy i bought the setup from and he sold me the whole setup for 120 bucks had a feeling i would have problems or need to replace some of the stuff im only about $250 all in including all my buddys at this point so if i can get through this ill feel lucky thanks for all the help

 

[dedragon]

can you post a pic of the rodi? if it was used did you change the filters out yet? if it came with the setup you got a steal

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

System its self is outside with a line the runs in its only a month old and has only produced maybe 100 gallons total i ran about 50 through it just to make sure there was no dirt or grime from shipping or sitting around ect.

 

[Rmckoy]

Never go back to that lfs you also have a Koran angel which will outgrow your tank really fast and anemones need mature tanks of at least 6 months even better a year

Koran angel?

Que brandon in 1.....2.....3.....

someone mention nitrites or dirty sand ?

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

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System its self is outside with a line the runs in its only a month old and has only produced maybe 100 gallons total i ran about 50 through it just to make sure there was no dirt or grime from shipping or sitting around ect. has a 4th bigger chamber behind the front one

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

Koran angel?

someone mention nitrites or dirty sand ?

its a black angel with blue and white stripes supper pretty

sand came out of the bag its the Hawaiian black live sand

 

[Dbichler]

Koran angel?

someone mention nitrites or dirty sand ?

Yea he has a Koran angel get over a foot in size not suitable for 55 gallons won’t be able to turn

 

[Rmckoy]

A few things ....

the fluval is a canister filter ?
That’s the primary filtration ?

what’s the sump pump for ?

the 500watt heater is over kill .
live rock should have process the ammonia from the 2 fish added , if there was sufficient nitrifying bacteria on the rocks .
I would suspect the tests are inaccurate

the lfs that sold you everything . Are not to be trusted for advice .
they are in it to make a sale .
take their advice with a grain of salt , do your own research

 

[Rmckoy]

its a black angel with blue and white stripes supper pretty

sand came out of the bag its the Hawaiian black live sand

Most juv angels are similar colour but different markings .
koran , emp and blue ring are my favourite juv .
but I made the choice to do corals instead

 

[Rmckoy]

Yea he has a Koran angel get over a foot in size not suitable for 55 gallons won’t be able to turn

If they weren’t coral munchers I would have had one .
along with a blue ring and queen .
My last tank I had a emperor .
he didn’t eat sps but loved Duncan’s , favia and acan .

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

A few things ....

the fluval is a canister filter ?
That’s the primary filtration ?

what’s the sump pump for ?

the 500watt heater is over kill .
live rock should have process the ammonia from the 2 fish added , if there was sufficient nitrifying bacteria on the rocks .
I would suspect the tests are inaccurate

the lfs that sold you everything . Are not to be trusted for advice .
they are in it to make a sale .
take their advice with a grain of salt , do your own research

The fluval is a canister filter which is my only filtration

its a 10 gallon tank I was using hold my fish and anemone's while I was putting the rock and sand in the tank so i wouldnt crush them or fill there lungs with sand

lfs didnt sell me anything other than filtering material, fish, anemones and rock. but i wont be going back there

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

Didnt know he would get so big or eat coral i asked if he would be fine in a reef tank and he said yeah sounds like ill have to rehome him at some point so far atleast hes left everything alone I feed him everyday and its seems to satisfy him

 

[Dburr1014]

Please don't do a 90% water change. You need to age the water NOT refresh it. Ammolock is great and adding a bacteria would complement that. It will aid in the process of the cycling.

 

[Rmckoy]

Didnt know he would get so big or eat coral i asked if he would be fine in a reef tank and he said yeah sounds like ill have to rehome him at some point so far atleast hes left everything alone I feed him everyday and its seems to satisfy him

After checking out your build thread . High ammonia isn’t new ?
you lost 2 clownfish already

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Hey bud sorry for your troubles. So the rock in the tank, live? Where did it come from? Possibly a lot of die off. I’m interested to hear.

 

[Rmckoy]

let’s rewind a little ...

Current setup is a 55 gal .
the 10 gal sump hasn’t been added or built yet ?
Let’s focus on keeping the anemone and fish alive .
prime will detoxify the ammonia .
but nitrifying bacteria will help speed the cycle along . Your current fish , anemone might die .....

Being exposed to that high concentration ammonia never ends well .
Do you have a friend or someone that can hold your livestock until your system is cycled or matured ?

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

After checking out your build thread . High ammonia isn’t new ?
you lost 2 clownfish already

Differnt tank completely that tank wasnt using rodi water our city water tests high for ammonia and is going alright now its just fish though it was remedied with water changes from rodi system it never had high nitrites/nitrates its cycled fine

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

let’s rewind a little ...

Current setup is a 55 gal .
the 10 gal sump hasn’t been added or built yet ?
Let’s focus on keeping the anemone and fish alive .
prime will detoxify the ammonia .
but nitrifying bacteria will help speed the cycle along . Your current fish , anemone might die .....

Being exposed to that high concentration ammonia never ends well .
Do you have a friend or someone that can hold your livestock until your system is cycled or matured ?

current setup is a 55gal the 10 gallon isnt in use i plan to build a sump in the future for this tank the other tank you saw on the build thread is a differnt story and all is doing well in that tank ill overnight some prme if i can get ahold of my brother i can ask to home the stuff in the 40

 

[matthew.forsyth01]

Hey bud sorry for your troubles. So the rock in the tank, live? Where did it come from? Possibly a lot of die off. I’m interested to hear.

Hey and its alright i figured id have problems the live rock came from my LFS from what people in here have said it probably hasnt built up much bacteria to begin with in this tanks it was a little greener when it started but not much

 

[dhnguyen]

I am suspicious of your test readings especially being that you used API kit. This test kits very inaccurate. I would suggest replacing it with red sea or salifert's