Water Parameters

[kevvypoop313]

Alk 2.0
Ph 8.2
Nitrates 25 ppm
Ammonia > 1ppm
Nitrites > 1 ppm
Calcium 480 ppm
Salinity 1.025
How are these looking?
I just ordered a clean up crew consisting of snails and crabs... they will survive in these water parameters right?
Are these water conditions okay?

 

[harris28]

It's looking good. I would do a water change. That should drop your nitrates and maybe your amonia. How long have you been in cycle? I might would have waited on the clean up crew until your trates are 0 and your amonia is stable at zero. What other livestock do you have in your tank?

 

[kevvypoop313]

i have been in cycle two weeks and no livestock... just rock and sand... i have been ghost feeding the tank and thats it.

 

[turningtim]

You should be OK. I would do the WC and check levels again. You should have waited a bit but will be OK.
Patience my friend patience!
Tim

 

[renogaw]

don't put any animals in that water, you'll just kill off your CUC. shoulda waited in the mean time keep them in a bucket or something with water, a heater, and a pump.
your alk seems a little bit on the low side, where your calcium is a tad high. have you been dosing with anything?

 

[lion_crazz]

I would definitely not put anything in that water! It would be very deadly. If you do get them and have nowhere to put them, do frequent water changes to get the ammonia, nitrite out of the water.

 

[kevvypoop313]

i only dosed some buffer... i plan on doing a water change today checking levels and then adding them on monday... how do you get alk and ph up...???

 

[renogaw]

don't worry about buffering pH. it will go up as you dose alk and also possibly calcium (depending on what you use). you can get seachem's reef builder to dose alkalinity, or get something called b-ionic.
if you're doing FOWLR right now, don't worry too much about them though

 

[kevvypoop313]

what is FOWLR?

 

[renogaw]

Fish Only With Live Rock

 

[lion_crazz]

Your main concerns right now are the ammonia and nitrite. Those can kill the inverts if they are not brought down to 0 or very close to 0 at least.
Also, here is a list of acronyms just in case you come across more words you are not sure of.

 

[kevvypoop313]

i will do a water change tonight of 10% and then fill it with r/o water and then add critters on monday... does that sound better... if not please suggest something better?