fish4rudy
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Tank has been running since March of this year. Have 30 pounds of live sand, at least 30 pounds of cured live rock. Tank never cycled. All of the water tests have been at 0 until now. The nitrates are at 20 ppm. Have a few small soft corals, zoos, rics, etc... 2 clowns and a pygmy angel, several hermits and a cleaner shrimp. Have a tunze skimmer in the middle chamber w/ live rock rubble also in the middle chamber.
I do a 20 % water change each month. I buy the saltwater/ R.O. water from a LFS. MY nitrates are at 20 and will go to 10 with a water change, and all of the other water parameters are 0. I have also used the test kit at the LFS and it reads 20 ppm also so it isn’t my test kit.
I don’t know what to do to get the nitrates back to 0.
I change the filter material every couple of weeks or when it gets funky. I don’t think that I am over feeding, as all the food (pellets) are gone within a few minutes. I do use a frozen food for the angel but it also is gone within a few minutes. I am at a loss here and need help.
I do have a master saltwater test kit. And I just did a 50 % water change three days ago. Did a 20 % change about ten days ago. I keep changing the water but the nitrates never go back to 0 and that is my problem since all of the other tests are 0. In reading all of the other posts regarding this type of problem, over feeding comes up a lot, but I really don’t think that the problem.
Thanks for all your help.
I do a 20 % water change each month. I buy the saltwater/ R.O. water from a LFS. MY nitrates are at 20 and will go to 10 with a water change, and all of the other water parameters are 0. I have also used the test kit at the LFS and it reads 20 ppm also so it isn’t my test kit.
I don’t know what to do to get the nitrates back to 0.
I change the filter material every couple of weeks or when it gets funky. I don’t think that I am over feeding, as all the food (pellets) are gone within a few minutes. I do use a frozen food for the angel but it also is gone within a few minutes. I am at a loss here and need help.
I do have a master saltwater test kit. And I just did a 50 % water change three days ago. Did a 20 % change about ten days ago. I keep changing the water but the nitrates never go back to 0 and that is my problem since all of the other tests are 0. In reading all of the other posts regarding this type of problem, over feeding comes up a lot, but I really don’t think that the problem.
Thanks for all your help.