jsteiert
Member
Ok I can not seem to keep fish in my tank for very long before they die, my corals do fine, crabs, snails and shrimp fine... But fish wont live.
I have a 20g tank with 20lbs live sand, 30 lbs live rock covered with some awesome coraline algea. I have a filter, protien skimmer large enough for a 100gal tank, power head, heater, and 130watts of PC light.
The only fish I have right now is a lawnmower blenny, I have lost a tomato clown, 2 domino damsels, 2 blue damsels, a fire fish, a royal gramma to date. I only keep one or two fish max in my tank at any given time, or at least try to.
My corals are: mushrooms, zenia, ricordia, gorgonia, and I have a feather duster which I know is not a coral.
For the longest time I decided to not keep any fish in my tank and just work on having a reef tank only, during that time with no fish my water quality was:
PH-8.2
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate - 40
SG 1.026
I have always struggled with high nitrates, I do not over feed, I only feed twice a week. Without any fish in the tank what or how does the nitrates get so high?
Currently with just the one fish and after a 20% water change yesterday my nitrates are still at 20ppm.
My tank is beautiful, but a pain to maintain. Can any one provide guidance please. What am I doing wrong here? I want to be able to have one or two fish in my tank, I want to lower my nitrates and keep them low, but can not seem to figure it out.
I have a 20g tank with 20lbs live sand, 30 lbs live rock covered with some awesome coraline algea. I have a filter, protien skimmer large enough for a 100gal tank, power head, heater, and 130watts of PC light.
The only fish I have right now is a lawnmower blenny, I have lost a tomato clown, 2 domino damsels, 2 blue damsels, a fire fish, a royal gramma to date. I only keep one or two fish max in my tank at any given time, or at least try to.
My corals are: mushrooms, zenia, ricordia, gorgonia, and I have a feather duster which I know is not a coral.
For the longest time I decided to not keep any fish in my tank and just work on having a reef tank only, during that time with no fish my water quality was:
PH-8.2
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate - 40
SG 1.026
I have always struggled with high nitrates, I do not over feed, I only feed twice a week. Without any fish in the tank what or how does the nitrates get so high?
Currently with just the one fish and after a 20% water change yesterday my nitrates are still at 20ppm.
My tank is beautiful, but a pain to maintain. Can any one provide guidance please. What am I doing wrong here? I want to be able to have one or two fish in my tank, I want to lower my nitrates and keep them low, but can not seem to figure it out.