zsqure
Member
I checked my waterchange water and it tested good for trates (less than 12.5), ph was 8.4 salinity was 1.023. The temperature was 83.7 deg. (it's in my garage). There is crud coating the inside of the trashcan. It looks kind of white and pastie (sp?). is this some kind of algae? should I be concerned? should I drain the water and wipe it out? I have been using water from an ro unit at the corner store. I don't trust my ro unit (15 years old), I have used 10 gallons out of it and at that time I decided not to use it anymore. I have been doing 10 gal wwaterchanges weekly, my trates in the tank have gone what looks above 25 and I need to do a 30 gal change or so to get the numbers down. I am using the salt with the clownfish on the bag I think it is instant ocean. I need help I don't want to kill my fishies. Oh I have a 90 gal tank with sump, lr and ls when I do my waterchanges I pull the water from my sump instead of the main tank. Should I not do that? (My bioballs will be exposed) If I pull water from the main tank the lr will be exposed. I have had this container wet in my garage since may1 of this year. I thought I could leave water in the can all the time and just add ro and salt until the correct salinity level was reached.
