airic
New Member
Well First off i'm new to the marine hobby i've done freshwater for years, figured i would give saltwater a shot. i've had my tank for about a month now i bought 20 lbs of LR and had it sit in the tank for 2 weeks my ammonia spiked and went back to 0. i have a brown rust colored algae growing on my rocks and sand some of it is bright green on one of my rocks anyway. i bought 13 more lbs 2 days ago and put them in my tank and my ammonia spiked again and its now on its way down my PH is 8.2 Ammonia is about 2.5 - 3.0 and nitrates are 10ppm. i've been reading these forums for several months now and have gotten most of my info from these forums before setting up this tank. i plan on waiting about a week before adding a clean up crew to the tank once my ammonia drops and i do a water change to help reduce the nitrate. Anyway i figured iw ould post some pictures and maybe get some pointers before i do or add anything to my tank any advice will be greatly appreciated thank you
equipment.
46 gal Euro
Seaclone 100 Skimmer
Penguin 1140 Powerheads x2 with under grav filter
Emporer 400 filter
Eric
equipment.
46 gal Euro
Seaclone 100 Skimmer
Penguin 1140 Powerheads x2 with under grav filter
Emporer 400 filter
Eric