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The PH is 8.2 and the reading for Alk is midway in the low range.

Well now I feel a lot better knowing I could have been enjoying my tank a long time ago I am hoping the LR arrives quickly and I won't have to waste anymore time. BTW, where were you a long time ago when I was asking for advise?

Have one and it's a good thing...outta money!

Thank you for your help...I will keep you posted and I look forward to seeing the pics you take of your tank with your new camera.

Okay, I just ordered 50 lbs of LR. I am confused about the LS and CC issue though. I bought the CC because it was recommended... Not brave enough to go with the Reef tank so will stick with the FOWLR at least until I am more confident.

So, no fish...just the LR right now? How much? I am not sure what I am getting so what should I look for and should I get it from my LFS or online?

Yes...just not sure when to add it.

Here are the particulars, please help: 80 Gallon tank Magna Canister Filter Under gravel filter with 2 power heads and 2 airlines Crushed coral No live rock (no live anything) I added 2 raw shrimp on 2/13 Ammonia spiked and now is at zero Nitrite spiked and is still at 05 Nitrate is also spiked...

Okay, I did the 20% H20 change, changed the carbon in the filter and I still have a .5 Nitrite reading...what next?

Maybe I will check out what the the LFS has and just have the fish shipped. There is no guarantee on what I get unless I buy it online.

Isn't the rock already cured?

Thanks for the info on the grouper...don't want to have to get rid of anything I become attached to. So what do you recommend on the LR? What about other stuff in the tank. I don't want just fish and the LFS have rock but for some reason I don't trust them.

I will be ordering everything from this site and the rock will be cured. I know that I want trigger and grouper and am trying to find out how many, which ones, and what size for an 80 gallon. I want to get the fish all at once. What else should/could I put in there?

I will be adding fish to my tank, hopefully, this weekend and want to know if what I want is okay in an 80 gallon: Bursa Trigger Ocean Trigger Humu Humu Undulated Trigger Rectqangular Trigger & Grouper (not sure what type yet) How much LR do I need to have to make it a safe tank and should I add...

Will do a 20% H2O change and clean the filter tonight...thanks for the help!

Nothing live in there yet...didn't want to kill anything. I use a Magna canister filter and have two powerheads. I was under the impression that while the tank is cycling, water changes are not recommended.

No water changes yet. I am using a magna canister filter and have an 80 gallon tank.

I don't know the name of the kit but it is the one with all the tests in it (PH, Alkilinity, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate)

They are both off the chart.

I set my tank up just over 6 weeks ago and used two cocktail sized shrimp to facilitate the cycling...the ammonia has spiked and gone down to 0 however, I can't get the nitrite and nitrate levels to go down. What should I do? I want fish!