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Old 02-04-2007, 03:08 PM   #1
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Exclamation question about my water test


this is what i got and not sure if i have to do anything or if it is fine
temp 75
ph 8.0
no2 0
nh3/nh4+ 1.5
ak 3.0
no3 low 10 high 50
gv 1.022


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Old 02-04-2007, 08:21 PM   #2
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Can you give some history/background of the tank as well. It is hard to say what readings are appropriate and what you should do without some context of where you are in the setup process etc.
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well i would say one day but not really in a way this was an established tank i have the live rock in now that came out of it and the old filter runing that has the bacteria in it and i put new live sand and fresh water that reading was after running 24 hrs with snad water and rock no fish i'm geting ready to put them in right now the only other thing that is new to the setup is the skimmer and the sump they had it running on a aca clear 100 before 90 gal tank
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An ammonia level of 1.5 seems pretty high to add fish. I hope they are hardy and you can keep the spie from going too high. I prefer to cycle fishless , and therefore I belive you may be rushing thinks a bit. I would expect ammonia to continue to rise for several days. Nitrites will also start up Hopefully the ald filter and live sand etc. will settel in quickly and not be to bad in terms of the cycle. At this point about all I can do is wish you the best of luck. I would also watch the pH and make sure it does not drop any further.
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I agree with Loman here...and have more insight into your situation since we have been chatting privately about it. I think that the ammonia levels are from the die off occurred when you transported this tank home, even though it was established, there is no way you could have avoided disrupting the tank quite a bit. I think that the odds of the live rock and live sand, coupled with the filter, 'kicking' in soon is pretty high, but in the mean time, you may have some issues. If I remember right, most of your fish are hardy in nature, but I really would be leery about the corals the guy gave you when you bought the system. Out of anything, they are by far the most sensitive livestock you have right now.

The pH only came up a little bit, huh??? That is odd and sort of surprising since I think you are using RO water, corrrect? I never have a problem with pH in my tank and I use RO water and Instant Ocean Reef Crystals.

I am not 100% sure on this, but you may be able to get away with using a dechlor conditoner on this tank. Even though you do not need to remove chlorine or chloramines with RO water, some of them also affect ammonia levels in your tank and make them less lethal to your fish. The part I am not sure of is if you can use the same product in a saltwater tank since I usually only read about using it in a freshwater tank. I am assuming you can though since I used stress coat for my initial filling of my SW tank and then again for one water change when I was using tap water....oooops, that was a secret and I should not have said anything, lol.

Hopefully someone who uses tap water on a regular basis can add some input on that idea for you.
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I belive one should have a working average for all measurments unless your willing to test with all things being equal, at same time each and every day(AN IMPOSSIBILITY) for me anyway. I test at least once a week , but even then i do 3 tests for the average test-they most always a a bit different unless on 0.
Try it , think about it but these parameters your using WILL GIVE GOOFY UNWANTED RESULTS,that I'm sure of.
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