help waters playing up ??

[emilyboyce195]

my water has been great for ages and all of a sudden things have change
my ph 8.0
ammonia 0.25ppm
nitrite 0ppm
nitrate 10ppm
???? whats going on ????? pleasee help

 

[mr. limpid]

Need more info.
What size tank?
What is in your tank?
What is your filtration system?
What is your substrate?
Have you added anything new?
What do you feed?
Do you rinse off frozen foods?
Do you use RO water?
Do you have a clean up crew?
Do you have algae growing anywhere?

 

[emilyboyce195]

180 litter tank
live rock ,2 clowns ,1fire shrimp ,3small redleged hermits 1med redleged crab 2 large blue crabs ,3turbo snails few lil hitchhickers and one new clener shrimp about 4 days old to the tank
??? and a handfull of soft corals
feed them brim shrimp and altern with garlic
dont rinse frozen sould i ???
yes brown slim algae is growing quickly ?
and we buy the water every week from the fishstore with everything already in it sorry not great with terms !!!

 

[emilyboyce195]

????

 

[mr. limpid]

with brown algae how long has this tank been up?
What type of filtration system are you using? Canister filters, sump, etc.
You may want to test stores water, and for phosphates.

 

[reefkprz]

I reccomend testing your "new" water from the fish store and see if its clean.

 

[emilyboyce195]

we have always had store water will test too we have a juwel tank with a juwel protein skimmer and sorry i no so little my bf brought all the stuff and i have just been doing the test feeding them ect on the website this is what is says next to the filter
The JUWEL Filter System consists of:
- 1 x heater (only incl. in complete aquariums)
- 1 x top heater holder (pic. 1)
- 1 x power head
- 1 x power head adapter
- 2 x outlet nozzles
- 3 pieces white pre-filter wool wrapped in plastic for protection (3 weeks supply)
- 1 active carbon sponge wrapped in plastic for protection
- 2 filter basket
- 1 green nitrate removal sponge wrapped in plastic
- 1 blue coarse filter sponge
- 1 blue fine filter sponge (in Compact Filter System, i.e. Rekord range) or
- 2 blue fine filter sponges (in Filter System Compact H, Standard H and Jumbo)
i then have 2 powerhead but tend keep one on since the clowns seem happy with just the 1 .
the tank has been up about 4-5 months
and i was guna ask if u think i sould feed the tank anything more shop says half a frozen square of brime shrimp aday n sould i give them anythink esle ?
sorry im so usless with terms n spelling and cnt give u all the info u probs want hope this helps ?

 

[emilyboyce195]

we also use rowa phos . and aqua crystal clear dont no if this means anything eathier

 

[emilyboyce195]

i have some api stress zyme api stress coat sould i use this sorry for sounding so dumb im doing another partial water change now n testing store water

 

[mr. limpid]

During your water changes you should rinse out all the sponges in the water you are discarding. The sponges could be clogged and releasing ammonia and nitrates back into the tank. The wool prefilter should be thrown out every couple of weeks and replaced with new. Also when was the last time you changed the carbon? On feeding you should feed a variety of foods other than just brian shrimp, like mysis; formula marine blends and a veggie type of food. Feed frozen foods stay away from flake foods.

 

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