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sign guy

Active Member
so my brother in law calls me a cupple weeks ago braging about his new girl friend. he thought I would find cool because she owns a coffie shop that has a 500 saltwater tank in it. I finally made it by yesterday and it was the typical fowlr tank. at first glance I noticed it had very few fish in it. she (sonya) said every fish she bought withen a cupple days would die. hmm so me being the equipment geek I am went straight under the stand.
sanya"s filtration
a 55 gal blue barrlle on its side with a hole to stuff pre filter in
that was it
after I came to I started checking out the fish.
1 that yellow tang has pop eye
2 that yellow tang is missing skin
3 I didnt know vlamingi tangs could change color that fast
4 oh thats not a rock its a puffer of some sort with discolred skin
sooo now the good after I come to the second time a grabed a cup of water and brought it home. I just tested the water
before I tell you the results I want you think back to the highest number your nitrates have ever been. then think of the highest possible number youd ever imagine a fish surviving in?
post the two numbers and ill be back in a few. im gonna retest just in case
 
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usirchchris

Guest
I got a tank off of a guy that had extremely high nitrates..I don't even know what the actual number was, but I did 50% water changes for a week or two before it even started moving off of the highest color on the chart...the biggest culprit were the canister filters he had on it. Man I spent alot on salt that month
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perfectdark

Active Member
80 for mine....
200+ for hers, aside from poor husbandry I am banking on the fact that there is no word to describe the amount of food she probably gives them a day. Ok maybe there is... A TON. lol
 

sign guy

Active Member
Originally Posted by PerfectDark
http:///forum/post/2513585
80 for mine....
200+ for hers, aside from poor husbandry I am banking on the fact that there is no word to describe the amount of food she probably gives them a day. Ok maybe there is... A TON. lol
thank you!! I need to check that
 

sign guy

Active Member
Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2513592
How many and what kind of fish are in the tank?
not sure of the nam but she has a black anger the one with the antena on its forehead
a 10 inch vlamingi tang
2 6 inch yellow tangs
10 inch puffer of some sort
and a 6 inch regle tang
 

sign guy

Active Member
my test last three colors on the chart go from a light orang to a redish orange. her water is dark red at least 160 probably closer to 200
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by sign guy
http:///forum/post/2513685
my test last three colors on the chart go from a light orang to a redish orange. her water is dark red at least 160 probably closer to 200
That is incredible, and she pays for maintenance??
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by sign guy
http:///forum/post/2513703
Im taking over for fun. only if she spends the money on a skimmer.
That's good. If she paid them $150/hr for nothing, then she shouldn't have trouble buying a quality skimmer and a whole lot of salt.
 

sign guy

Active Member
lord knows she needs it.
lets go over some big skimmers. any ideas? once andy over at mrc got arrested Im cluless
 
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