ladyhart77
New Member
For a little background... We have a 55 that has been set up for over a year now but we had been neglecting it lately because of a new baby! I am trying to get back on track and start building a reef. When I tested several weeks ago amazingly every thing was good except my nitrates.. which were sky high. After getting some advice here I have done about a 40% water change (which was the first water change in a long while..had only been doing top offs). Also after that, which may have been a mistake, I stirred up my sand and scraped the walls because of algae. I also rinsed out my Eheim with some of the water from the water change. My nitrates are still around 50. I need some help... any suggestions?? Do I need to just continue to do smaller water changes weekly and wait and see... should I just lose the Eheim and stick with my LR and LS for filtration? By the way I have been using R/O for several months now but b4 that it was tap.
Thanks!
Specs:
55gal
approx 100lbs LR
3-4in LS
Ehiem
Prism skimmer
3 powerheads
heater
2 PC's
1 false perc
1 blue damsel
approx. 15 hermits
approx. 20 snails
2 unidentified crabs that look like emeralds but are red and hairy that we think came in with our rock
:help:
Thanks!
Specs:
55gal
approx 100lbs LR
3-4in LS
Ehiem
Prism skimmer
3 powerheads
heater
2 PC's
1 false perc
1 blue damsel
approx. 15 hermits
approx. 20 snails
2 unidentified crabs that look like emeralds but are red and hairy that we think came in with our rock
:help:
