December 28th 05, 04:35 AM
About 6 months ago I started my 130gal sal****er aquarium - I was a
newbie then and still am. I originally populated it with about half a
dozen fish which all died in the first 3 months. I think my problem
was I bought fussy fish which are not easy to keep in a non established
system
I now have a bunch of damsels, a dogface puffer, trigger, and some
clowns. They all have been doing fine for about 3 months but the
trigger is showing major signs of trouble (I think he is near death).
I just tested my water today. Here are the results:
- pH at 7.7
- nitrate at 100 mg per litre
- nitrite at 0.2
- ammonia at 0.2
- hydrometer at 1.023
SNIP
More info Please
Substrate, Amount of rock, Lighting, Temp, Skimmer, water used to mix?
First, Your Ph is to low.
nitrate, nitrite mean nothing in a fish only tank.
"It has
been a few months since I last did a water change"
Granted I do not do water changes or test on a regular basis but being new
You really should do 10-20% a week untill you can just look and know something is not right.
For now just do weekly water changes.
Use a clean razor blade to clean off the glass
Salt creep?
Vinegar is great for cleaning equipment out of the tank or the outside glass.
Some of us use vinegar while dripping but thats another subject.
Check out reefcentral.com and read untill you think you eyes are going to fall out
Good luck and read on
newbie then and still am. I originally populated it with about half a
dozen fish which all died in the first 3 months. I think my problem
was I bought fussy fish which are not easy to keep in a non established
system
I now have a bunch of damsels, a dogface puffer, trigger, and some
clowns. They all have been doing fine for about 3 months but the
trigger is showing major signs of trouble (I think he is near death).
I just tested my water today. Here are the results:
- pH at 7.7
- nitrate at 100 mg per litre
- nitrite at 0.2
- ammonia at 0.2
- hydrometer at 1.023
SNIP
More info Please
Substrate, Amount of rock, Lighting, Temp, Skimmer, water used to mix?
First, Your Ph is to low.
nitrate, nitrite mean nothing in a fish only tank.
"It has
been a few months since I last did a water change"
Granted I do not do water changes or test on a regular basis but being new
You really should do 10-20% a week untill you can just look and know something is not right.
For now just do weekly water changes.
Use a clean razor blade to clean off the glass
Salt creep?
Vinegar is great for cleaning equipment out of the tank or the outside glass.
Some of us use vinegar while dripping but thats another subject.
Check out reefcentral.com and read untill you think you eyes are going to fall out
Good luck and read on