Need Help ""QUESTIONS""

nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
Went to the lfs today and got a water test
every thing is good except.....................nitraite he said do a water change
should i ?????
and he said i should get some live plants un till you get a skimmer
witch is my next question
he said i should get a prizm pro skimmer he said it will make my life easy errrr
should i ???????
right now iam just conserend about the nitraite and the skimmer and...
the tank is 10 gallons
running 3 weeks
1 ph
1 Heater
2 PC's
7 pds live sand
13 pds live rock
AND A TON OF LIVE PLANTS :rolleyes:
 
it's_fishy

it's_fishy

Member
i'm a relatively new tank owner (salt water, that is) and i've been reading these posts for several days now. I must say i've learned ALOT!!! i find this to be a very informative site. However,.......(and i say the following at the risk of sounding naive)......my tank seems to be operating just fine without following all the rules and guidelines of LFT's or experienced owners. Granted, it's only been running for a month now and it's very small..29 gallons...but i seem to have "broken" some of the "rules" and am not any worse for it.
But to address your question nanoreef......10 gallons seems extremely small for a saltwater tank...everything i've read or heard suggests that my 29 gallon is a minimum and that 55 gallon is the best for a newbie. I have a hard time believing that you'd need a protein skimmer for a 10 gallon tank....i think the pet store is just trying to get some extra money from you. but then again i don't have live rocks yet in my tank.
Bottom line is this....don't buy something just because someone suggests it or says you have to have it. Don't fix your tank if it ain't broke. If your fish seem happy and there are no sudden radical changes then i'd just leave it be....but as with anything....vigilance is key.
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
Any One eles have any other suggerstions
the tank is 3 weeks old and there are no fish or animals yet
and just wait you will need a skimmer on a 29 gallon especially with LR
 
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tuningvis

Guest
slow down ... and let your tank run for at least another week... there is no reason to do anything right now
no skimmer needed
no plants
no water changes.. just wait ...
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
why do i need a dsb ???? :notsure:
when i had a older tank i tryed a dsb and it turned into a nitrait factory
 
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tuningvis

Guest
you dont need a DSB that would bee about 3" of sand... 1-2 lbs per gallon should not get you 3"
what would you say is the height of your sandbed now... ?
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
1.5 inches sand bed
i got a water test and my anmonia levels dropped
my lfs guy told me to do a 20 % water change because the cycle was through
and add a skimmer for the reasons
i can keep more fish
i can keep more Coral
the water is more clear because the skimmer has a sirface skimmer
Better Water Quality
if i do all of this then i want to
add a clean up crew and a fish is this okay
 
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tuningvis

Guest
a skimmer will not make it okay to add more than 3 fish MAX
what are your ammonia levels exactly
and what skimmer is your LFS guy talking about
 
dskidmore

dskidmore

Active Member
Please be clear, is it your nitrite or nitrate that is high? High nitrite indicates your cycle is not quite complete. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate high and it would be time to do a big water change and get your cleanup crew.
Is this nano tank your only tank? I think I'd skip the skimmer and use water from a very stable source, like a larger aquarium, or premixed water from the LFS.
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
nitrait and nitrate are high and amonia is almost 0 :yes:
he wants to sell me a prizm skimmer with the surface skimmer upgrade
 
gfk

gfk

Member
not to be blunt but so many people are just ignoring what people on here say lately its getting frustrating. you dont need a skimmer in a 10 gallon its NITRITE not nitrait, and until your nitrites are 0 that is ZERO, your cycle isnt over, you dont need to add anything to your tank, no fish, no corals, no skimmer nothing.
tell him you dont want his skimmer, aside from the fact that you dont need it, you could get it for 1/2 the price online
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
""not to be blunt but so many people are just ignoring what people on here say lately its getting frustrating.""
Why are they doing this ??
Is this not a fourm to ask Questions ?? :rolleyes:
are you asumeing me ""iam the prolbem""
not to be rude but if you have a prolbem and you feel this strongly PLEASE PLEASE keep ignoreing the questions """PEOPLE HAVE"""

Personally my self when answering my question you were quite rude :scared:
 
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tuningvis

Guest
its hard for some people to sit here and watch first timers come in not knowing much about saltwater tanks... a lot of the time it just doesn't get through and they end up killing there tank off. i've seen it a lot on this site...
for gfk i understand how you feel ... it gets frustrating a lot of the time. there are somethings that bug some people and thats expected. everyone is not gonna mesh on a site like this one. but it's important to try and help out these 1st timers so they dont make the same mistakes over and over ....
for nanoreef you say you have had a saltwater tank before?
also try and read a lot of the past threads... if you do a search on the forum you can find any topic you might be wondering about . give that a shot and if you still can't find what your looking for just go ahead and ask...
 
nanoreef

nanoreef

Member
Gfk Need some common respect
and thank you everyone eles for having some paitents :D as well as helping me along with my small tank
 
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