Anyone here have a flounder? - Page 7

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Originally Posted by 2Quills 

Ok Ok...I was bashing a little bit.  But only cause I've used them before don't think they are as reliable as a half way descent test kit.

LOL...Yes, and I agree as a test kit they are not reliable, but in emergency situations they have a place. When my broken  heater killed just about my entire CUC and most of the coral in the tank, I had to keep a very close watch for ammonia spikes. A test every 30 minutes was just silly, so I got one of those badges, if it started changing color at all, I started a water change. I lost no fish, which was the next stage of such disasters..

 Wayner had no tests and his water was cloudy, he gave no indication he was even going to bother with a test kit so I told him to AT LEAST get one of those.

I just didn’t want to be known on the site as the ditz that uses an ammonia badge to test for spikes, so I had to say something in my defense .

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Originally Posted by wayner 

 

 

 If you dont have any helpful info to add to the thread for other newbies like me I suggest keeping your childish comments to yourself.

A newbie??  I highly doubt you even have a flounder or even a shark.

But in the slight case you actually do...Take them back they are gonna die in your tank anyway, petco is a better home for those than your tank.
 

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Originally Posted by jp30338 

A newbie??  I highly doubt you even have a flounder or even a shark.

 

But in the slight case you actually do...Take them back they are gonna die in your tank anyway, petco is a better home for those than your tank.
 

Yes he should take them back but he is now trying so wait and see what happenes only time can tell
 

PH, Nitrates, Nitrites, and anything else you have the materials to test for it can never hurt

So it has been a couple of days...is your flounder, damsel and egg still alive? A small ammonia spike is the last I heard from you...

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Originally Posted by wayner 

yes everything is fine and well I have a question for you tho. what is more harmfull to the fish Nitrates or Nitrites

For fish it's about the same.  It does depend on the species of fish though, some are more sensitive to one or the other, especially at the larval stages.  For corals nitrate is more harmful, nitrite is rather harmless.

That said, the presence of nitrite means that your biologic filtration is having problems and I would consider the environment unstable.

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy 

For fish it's about the same.  It does depend on the species of fish though, some are more sensitive to one or the other, especially at the larval stages.  For corals nitrate is more harmful, nitrite is rather harmless.

 

That said, the presence of nitrite means that your biologic filtration is having problems and I would consider the environment unstable.

What he said...

Also it's actually a good sign. The ammonia is converting to the stage of nitrite, then comes nitrate the last stage of the cycle..for your three critters thats a really good sign.

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Originally Posted by wayner 

what is a good sign?

Nitrites and nitrates...this means a cycle, the nitirtes should go to 0 then it will be complete and your critters out of danger from being put in your tank too soon.
 

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Originally Posted by wayner 

 the only reason I didnt get any broken bones is because of the 1000 dollar race suit I was wearing.

Alright so dont much care about your fish seeing as you dont either but the above statement is complete crack! I am glad you are okay and that you were in fact wearing a suit, but any half decent race suit is 1k or more and those are usually the basic ones, why you decided to add the price in there is beyond me? Also for 1k you wont even get a roo suit, not to mention any sort of technology that would actually protect you from breaking anything! You got very lucky hands down.. it was not the suit.. that will really only protect you from road rash and other minor injuries. Also as a side note why were you wearing a full race suit on city streets/ highway?

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Originally Posted by 2Quills 

I had a couple of buddies growing up who whiped out going about 60.  One is dead...the otherone was in the hospital for about 8 weeks and still can't walk right.  I don't care what kind of suit you have...you hit a wall going that speed you'r not going to be on the computer the same night.

 

Hadn't read this, but yes my point exactly!!