water test levels, what do you think??

[nitram]

:notsure: Here is my water test levels. Do I need to do anything I have a 125 gal tank with fish and coral 200lbs live rock
Water temp 78
Salinity 1.023
PH 7.8
Phosphate 0.1
Nitrite 0.05
Alk Normal range
Calcium 500
Nitrates 2.5
Ammonia 0.25

 

[fishieness]

yeah, find out what is causing your amonia levels.
raise your salinity to about 1.025
judging by your pH, amonia, trates, trites, and phosphate, im guessing you arent even done with your cycle yet?

 

[jer4916]

 

[nitram]

 

[jer4916]

 

[fishieness]

 

[nitram]

Originally Posted by fishieness
how much have they distrubed the sand bed? If they were relay doing a number on it, then yes, it would hurt hurt your levels a little.
Just half of my tank

 

[fishieness]

haha, yeah, they will do that. i can only imagin. i have a diamond goby that goes to work, and that is without a pistole shrimp (they wont pair with one)

 

[jer4916]

my gobys love messing up my sand bed....sand is always all over my corals... i spend a good 10 minutes a day cleaning up after them....
hehe ...there like little kids
~Chris
messy messy

 

[my way]

Another thing to consider, how accurate is the test kit you are using? I'm not sayingi'ts not accurate but giving you something to consider. Next time you do a water change test your new water before adding it to the tank. Your PH should be higher than 7.8 and you shouldn't have any ammonia reading.