Hi everyone, Had set up going since 28-2-07 never had an Ammonia peak, tests seem to be as follows: ph - ranged between 8.3 and 8.5
Nitrities - 0.1 did go down to 0 but yesterday read 0.25
Nitrates - have been at highest 25 lowest 0 yesterday 10, ammonia seems to stay between <0.25 and 0.25 all tests are done using Salifert test kits, had brown algae but does seem to of slowed down, now to where i think we may have gone wrong, 17-3-07 my son brought me a clown fish, who seems fine, the next day we had three turbo snails again doing a good job, 24.3.07 we got a pom pom (xenia polyps) and two small red hermit crabs all are doing very well, on the 30-3-07 we got 5 very small blue leg hermit crabs, still no problem apart from water tests, 31.3.07 had a peppermint shrimp to try to get rid of 5 glass anemones that came with living rock, his fine but not too bothered about anemones! then big mistake we got a red marble sea star same date as shrimp he was fine at first but now the ends of his 5 legs (i know there not legs) are breaking off and look rough, from what iv read on here we,ve put too much in to tank too quick can i save the day if so how, iv done 5 or 6 10 to 20% water changes since we,ve had tank o try and bring Nitrates down to 0, please help! thanks guys
Nitrities - 0.1 did go down to 0 but yesterday read 0.25
Nitrates - have been at highest 25 lowest 0 yesterday 10, ammonia seems to stay between <0.25 and 0.25 all tests are done using Salifert test kits, had brown algae but does seem to of slowed down, now to where i think we may have gone wrong, 17-3-07 my son brought me a clown fish, who seems fine, the next day we had three turbo snails again doing a good job, 24.3.07 we got a pom pom (xenia polyps) and two small red hermit crabs all are doing very well, on the 30-3-07 we got 5 very small blue leg hermit crabs, still no problem apart from water tests, 31.3.07 had a peppermint shrimp to try to get rid of 5 glass anemones that came with living rock, his fine but not too bothered about anemones! then big mistake we got a red marble sea star same date as shrimp he was fine at first but now the ends of his 5 legs (i know there not legs) are breaking off and look rough, from what iv read on here we,ve put too much in to tank too quick can i save the day if so how, iv done 5 or 6 10 to 20% water changes since we,ve had tank o try and bring Nitrates down to 0, please help! thanks guys
, Ammonia - off the scale
