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I just cleaned the cannister and changed the o-rings on the hose manifold, it appears to have fixed the problem, 10 minutes with no bubbles yet

I have the same problem, have had the marineland 360 for less than a year and now it keeps blowing bubbles every 10 - 20 seconds.

I used NovAqua+ plus, I just checked the water this morning and here what I have, ph. 7.8, ammonia 8.0, nitrite .25 nitrate 0, does this sound about how it should be going?

I just checked it again and made sure i timed all the tests, ph 7.8, ammonia 8.0, nitrite i would say is zero, it is blue but slighty has a tint of purple, and nitrate is about 5.0 Im using a marineland c-360 cannister good to 100gl, a aqua clear 30 powerhead, and a koralia 1050gph, is this...

I tested the water last night, ph 7.8, ammonia 8.0. nitrite 0, nitrate 5.0. what does this mean

ill check it when i get home from work

ok so as the ammonia lowers what should i expect to see happen with nitrate and nitrite?

I have had my tank running for about 23 days checking my parameters every couple days, I tested it last night with a huge spike , ph 8.0 ammonia 8.0 mitrite 1.0 nitrate 10. what should i do?

Just tested my water and here what i have, ph 8.0 ammonia 8.0 mitrite 1.0 nitrate 10.

I added salt while adding the water, I was planing on ordering another power head, I'll probably pick up one of those. Will I have problems if I get some live rock now and then add to it later?

The water cleared up in about 3 days, just took some water tests, ph 8.0, ammonia .25, nitrite .50, nitrate 20. Im sure these are normal readings for the start up if a saltwater tank, right? Right new I'm running a marineland 360 cannister, aqua clear 30 powrrhead. I haven't decided on live...

Well last night I only added 30 cups of salt, I didnt want to add to much, I checked it this morning with a hydrometer and at 76.7 degrees it read inside the parameters suggested, ill have to go buy a refractometer to correctly check it. Also what is a good temp setting to be setting my tank to...

The sand I bought said do not rinse. Should I have rinsed it anyways? The other question I had or not really a question was that the instant ocean says half a cup of salt to 1 gallon if water, so it takes 37.5 cups for my tank, just seems like alot, I'm new to this so it just surprised me how...

Yesterday I drained and cleaned my freshwater tank, and converted to saltwater. I used about 70 lbs of live argonite sand, I filled the tank added conditioner, and then added instant ocean salt mix. I know that it will take some time for it to cycle, is it normal to have cloudy water, and if so...