bull7dog
New Member
I've had my 90 gal tank for about 8 months now. During the first 3 months or so, I tested my chemistry religously a few times a week. I bought the tank used and fully set up with live rock etc, so I never had to go thru a cycle.
Over the past 5 months, I've tested my chemistry and nothing ever seems to change! My tank inhabitants are doing great, I have several colonies of pulsing Xenia that grow like weeds and corriline agae growth all over the tank.
So my question is - How often do you test your chemistry with an established tank? I always check the salinity with a refractometer when I do water changes but thats about it.
I'm now checking my chemistry about once a month and still, all levels are fine. I'm using Hagen test kits. I'm now figuring that if something starts to crash, i'll notice it if my Xenias stop pulsing (or is this a bad assumption?)
Oh and heres whats in my tank.
100 lb of live rock
1 clown
1 blennie
1 sm yellow tang
2 firefish
2 blood shrimp
20 blue legg hermits
i run a protein skimmer and a wet/dry.
Over the past 5 months, I've tested my chemistry and nothing ever seems to change! My tank inhabitants are doing great, I have several colonies of pulsing Xenia that grow like weeds and corriline agae growth all over the tank.
So my question is - How often do you test your chemistry with an established tank? I always check the salinity with a refractometer when I do water changes but thats about it.
I'm now checking my chemistry about once a month and still, all levels are fine. I'm using Hagen test kits. I'm now figuring that if something starts to crash, i'll notice it if my Xenias stop pulsing (or is this a bad assumption?)
Oh and heres whats in my tank.
100 lb of live rock
1 clown
1 blennie
1 sm yellow tang
2 firefish
2 blood shrimp
20 blue legg hermits
i run a protein skimmer and a wet/dry.