so, the tank has been cycling for a month and all seems well, i decided to setup a qt using tank water.
it has a large sponge filter thats been sitting in the sump from the beginning and a cannister filter. inside the cannister is just filter floss for keep detritus from the tank. a heater and a digital temp probe
Ammonia: 0.00
Nitrite: 0.00
Nitrate: 10.0
PH 8.0
SG: 1.020
Temp: 82f
all done with API test kits
yesterday i bought a yellow tail tamarin wrasse. it was swimming well and eating mysis. i dripped acclimated the fish for about 40 mins then temp floated it for 30mins. drained the water and added the fish, kept the lights low and left him for a few hours. tried feeding him some pellets, he was eating them then spitting them out, so i gave some mysis, which he ate. dimmed the lights for a few hours then turned them off for the night.
this morning i noticed he was hovering around the top gasping for air. so i started testing,
Ammonia: 0.00
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 15.0
PH 7.4
SG: 1.020
Temp 82f
and did a 50% water change prier to writing this (3pm PST) gonna see if anything change and added a medium sized airstone
is this normal? if not what im i doing wrong? i was told to keep the SG lower and temp higher to speed up the life cycle of the pest (if any). im going to use copper then prazi. but for now i want to monitor it and make sure its eating first before i add any chems, does this seem right?
thanks again guys
it has a large sponge filter thats been sitting in the sump from the beginning and a cannister filter. inside the cannister is just filter floss for keep detritus from the tank. a heater and a digital temp probe
Ammonia: 0.00
Nitrite: 0.00
Nitrate: 10.0
PH 8.0
SG: 1.020
Temp: 82f
all done with API test kits
yesterday i bought a yellow tail tamarin wrasse. it was swimming well and eating mysis. i dripped acclimated the fish for about 40 mins then temp floated it for 30mins. drained the water and added the fish, kept the lights low and left him for a few hours. tried feeding him some pellets, he was eating them then spitting them out, so i gave some mysis, which he ate. dimmed the lights for a few hours then turned them off for the night.
this morning i noticed he was hovering around the top gasping for air. so i started testing,
Ammonia: 0.00
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 15.0
PH 7.4
SG: 1.020
Temp 82f
and did a 50% water change prier to writing this (3pm PST) gonna see if anything change and added a medium sized airstone
is this normal? if not what im i doing wrong? i was told to keep the SG lower and temp higher to speed up the life cycle of the pest (if any). im going to use copper then prazi. but for now i want to monitor it and make sure its eating first before i add any chems, does this seem right?
thanks again guys
