SALT WATER PARAMETERS

[hammad]

please advise when (after how many days) I should check the parameters of my FOWLR aquarium water? what are the important parameters i should check? weekly or monthly or quarterly?
Iodine and trace elements are necessary for salt water aquarium or not? should i add them in my tank?
please advise

 

[mr. limpid]

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Originally Posted by Hammad http:///t/390981/salt-water-parameters#post_3465148
please advise when (after how many days) I should check the parameters of my FOWLR aquarium water? Since you just added the yellow tang you should check ammonia daily for the first 10 days. what are the important parameters i should check? weekly for the first 6 month: ammonia; nitrate; nitrite; PH(every week for ever) or monthly same test for ever or quarterly?
Iodine and trace elements are necessary for salt water aquarium or not? should i add them in my tank? not required to test for FO tanks (water changes will add what is needed).
Please do not add anything to your DT that you do not test for!
please advise

 

[hammad]

its being 5 days , my yellow tang is fine in new recycled tank. can i add anemone and other fishes like clown and sweat lips as well?.
even today i have tested the water parameter which are favourable.
please advise

 

[meowzer]

NO.....You can not put a sweet lips in your ank...I believe you have been told this a few times already
ALSO...NO anemones until a tank is a MINIMUM of 6 months old.....and I suggest you wait 2 full weeks before you make your next fish addition....FAVORABLE means nothing to any of us
how about posting your exact test readings?

 

[siptang]

Listen to Lois, she's swf mom like her title says and you know moms do know best.
Good to know that yellow tang is doing well.

 

[mr. limpid]

++++++++1 on meowzer advise and +1 on Siptang
you asked for advise please take it, if you don't then you are adding to the undeserving death of fish and your wallet.

 

[hammad]

Touchwood,yesterday i checked my water parameters. readings are
nitrate <30 ppm
Calcium 400 ppm
Amonia 0
PH 8.2
Guys, tell me now which fish i add in my tank after yellow tang? why i want to add new fish in my tank early because i dont want my Tang more aggressive, if she is alone now.....if i keep my yellow tang alone for 2 weeks, she will be more aggressive thats y i want add new fish as early as possible.....tomorrow will be 6th day of my yellow tang....Touch wood, she is eating and grazing and colors wow...Touch wood.

 

[meowzer]

Let me ask you this.....Do you have a list of fish you want to eventually add to this tank? If so, post it, and we can help you to determine in what order, and if they are appropriate

 

[hammad]

i have 90 gallons FWLR tank and i want to keep flame angel fish , precula clown fish, purple tang, blue tang, powder blue tang, auriga butterfly and trigger fish, green mandarin, fox face lo and Spotted Sweetlips.
please advise how to keep them in order

 

[siptang]

too many tangs. Even I will say that is not going to work. Purple and yellow are from same family (Zebrasoma) and they will beat the crap out of each other as well as powder blue and blue hippo. If I had to push one, I would just put one more and that would be pushing it.. and I'm pretty sure that I would get alot of frowns for saying it too. But if I had to choose, I would go with the blue one. Same surgeon fish family but different family, different color and shape so it may work. Recommended? No. Do-able? maybe.
No on mandarin because your tank is too new. It will just starve then die.
Auriga butterfly seems like a logical next choice for you as well as percula clown fish.
Then flame then fox face then a trigger
.
But then again, what kind of trigger did you have in mind? Also, if you want to keep any kind if inverts, you shouldn't get triggers.

 

[meowzer]

OK...forget the tangs....you already have a yellow which is it for your tank since you want a variety of other fish also
the clowns, flame angel and butterfly should be ok.....and as asked before the trigger depends on what kind..also the mandarin needs a very established tank with a supply of pods....
bothe the angel and butterfly need very established tanks.....and I would not recommend ading them for AT LEAST 6 months
HOW much rock do you have?
I would add a pari of clowns next, and then wait.....

 

[hammad]

you please tell me what kind of trigger fish i should keep who will not disturb invertebrates? in invertebrates, i will only keep shrimps and anemone...
i have around 65lbs live rocks in FWLR tank.....

 

[siptang]

Trigger is no go then.

 

[hammad]

will trigger attack on shrimps and anemone?

 

[mr. limpid]

You cant keep anemone and butterflies together, butterflies will eat them. Big NO on mandarin your tank is to small and not enough live rock. No more tangs, your tank is not even big enough for one tang. No No No sweetlips; butterfly need very good quality of water you need to wait, all triggers eat shrimp.

 

[siptang]

+1 on Mr. Limpid. He speaks in wisdom. So no more of same question Hammad because the answers will be same.