amadent
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I hope you guys (and gals ) can help my tank out. 72 bow. cascade canister,315 gph , powerhead 400gph. 40 lbs live sand, 40 lbs sand, 40 lbs live rock cured, 20 lbs semi cured rock, and 5 damsels. I don't have my ro water set up yet.
temp = 79.8
phosphate= 1.5 mg/l
ph = 7.8
ammonia nh3-n = < 0.25
nitrite = 3.0 ppm mg/l
nitrate = 10 ppm mg/l
The tank was filled with salt water on 10/22. live sand and regular sand 10/24. live rock fully cured 10/26 and semi cured rock on 10/28 along with five damsels. The damsels were my lfg idea. I have not yet seen any movement in the ammonia count, but the nitrates and phosphates are moving up. I have only given the damsels flakes for three days. My lights are on for nine hours a day. It is a 4x65 cf . The other half of my question is it seems as if a couple of the semi cured rocks are turning brown. :help: What to do? I am enclosing two picks of the tank. One of the showing the brown starting.
temp = 79.8
phosphate= 1.5 mg/l
ph = 7.8
ammonia nh3-n = < 0.25
nitrite = 3.0 ppm mg/l
nitrate = 10 ppm mg/l
The tank was filled with salt water on 10/22. live sand and regular sand 10/24. live rock fully cured 10/26 and semi cured rock on 10/28 along with five damsels. The damsels were my lfg idea. I have not yet seen any movement in the ammonia count, but the nitrates and phosphates are moving up. I have only given the damsels flakes for three days. My lights are on for nine hours a day. It is a 4x65 cf . The other half of my question is it seems as if a couple of the semi cured rocks are turning brown. :help: What to do? I am enclosing two picks of the tank. One of the showing the brown starting.