viper222
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OK, I have had my tank cycled for 20 days. I have added 5 green chromis and 2 tr clowns, 10 margarita snails, 15 or so hermits, 1 Red Serpant Starfish, and 3 Emerald Green Crabs. All of these except for the Emeralds were in about 2 or 3 days after the cycle completed on July 4th. Emeralds have been in for about a week now.
My question is, I have been checking every day, or every other day, and ALL of my levels were fine, I had to add some calcium buffer, and dkh buffer, but those have been fine now for about 1.5-2 weeks. My Nitrates, Phosphates, and Nitrites(some people say I don't have to check this much really unless adding something major to the tank). ANyway, those 3 were 0 or so close to 0 you couldn't tell it wasn't 0. I was sooooooo happy. So, I just got my new RO/DI so after throwing out the first 15 gallons it made and testing to make sure everything was 0, I decided hey, now would be a great time to do my first water change. I have a 60 Gallon that has actually about 55 gallons of water due to the Wet/Dry in the bottom. I mixed my Red Sea salt, and did a 10 gallon water change. Now 2 days later I test my stuff and my Nitrate has gone up to 5ppm or maybe a little bit more. I know this is not high, but why? is it because all the little buggers and bacteria is now lower since 10 gallons of water is gone? I will watch it closely, but why? Is this normal?
My question is, I have been checking every day, or every other day, and ALL of my levels were fine, I had to add some calcium buffer, and dkh buffer, but those have been fine now for about 1.5-2 weeks. My Nitrates, Phosphates, and Nitrites(some people say I don't have to check this much really unless adding something major to the tank). ANyway, those 3 were 0 or so close to 0 you couldn't tell it wasn't 0. I was sooooooo happy. So, I just got my new RO/DI so after throwing out the first 15 gallons it made and testing to make sure everything was 0, I decided hey, now would be a great time to do my first water change. I have a 60 Gallon that has actually about 55 gallons of water due to the Wet/Dry in the bottom. I mixed my Red Sea salt, and did a 10 gallon water change. Now 2 days later I test my stuff and my Nitrate has gone up to 5ppm or maybe a little bit more. I know this is not high, but why? is it because all the little buggers and bacteria is now lower since 10 gallons of water is gone? I will watch it closely, but why? Is this normal?
