swfishfan
Member
so my 15 g h tank has been up and running for 2 weeks now, in my tank i have:
a stock hood with a marine glo 18k bulb
12lb lr
20 lbs ls
15 gallons of r/o water
2 pwr heads at 84 gph (168 gph)
50 w heater
2 bio bag filters
so the first water test was on day 4 and it looked like this,
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
alk 300
am .25
75 degrees
salinity 1.024
my test on day 8:
nitrate 20
nitrite .5
alk 180-300
ph 7.8
am .25
76 degrees
salinity 1.025
my test today on day 14:
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
alk 300
ph 8.4
am .25
80 degrees
salinity 1.026
so as you guys can see my water is ready and stable... i noticed diatoms all over my sand and algea growing on my lr......
ready for fish
a stock hood with a marine glo 18k bulb
12lb lr
20 lbs ls
15 gallons of r/o water
2 pwr heads at 84 gph (168 gph)
50 w heater
2 bio bag filters
so the first water test was on day 4 and it looked like this,
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
alk 300
am .25
75 degrees
salinity 1.024
my test on day 8:
nitrate 20
nitrite .5
alk 180-300
ph 7.8
am .25
76 degrees
salinity 1.025
my test today on day 14:
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
alk 300
ph 8.4
am .25
80 degrees
salinity 1.026
so as you guys can see my water is ready and stable... i noticed diatoms all over my sand and algea growing on my lr......
ready for fish