Help! Is this ok?
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Update: it's been 2 weeks since I brought my condy nem home. He's doing so much better. Looks great. Found a good spot.
Cyano- still battling. Buying some more live sand today. Doing a 25 gal wc today. I'm sucking up all of it from the sand (which I will lose lots of sand but I assumed lil chucks buried in sand would die, not the case ;( it'll continue to stay in different phases... )
Nitrate- finally looking looking at 40ppm down from 80ppm 10 days ago. I have sugar dosed. Adding about 1/4 tsp every 3rd day or so. Whenever I can babysit the skimmer. this will be my 2nd 25 gal wc while my nitrates have been high and been sugar dosing. I'm expecting to remove alot no3 with the water change today as for I added some sugar earlier.
And I removed about half of the materials I had in my cannister filter. Just have some foam, biomax cubes and a pk of new carbon now, in efforts to control no3 levels.
I've been tossing around the idea of investing in some iodine (for my calico box crabs that never come out anymore) and magnesium (to help with coraline algae I got from lfs on rock) any suggestions would be awesome. Are there any major effects from using either one of those chemicals that uve seen?
Cyano- still battling. Buying some more live sand today. Doing a 25 gal wc today. I'm sucking up all of it from the sand (which I will lose lots of sand but I assumed lil chucks buried in sand would die, not the case ;( it'll continue to stay in different phases... )
Nitrate- finally looking looking at 40ppm down from 80ppm 10 days ago. I have sugar dosed. Adding about 1/4 tsp every 3rd day or so. Whenever I can babysit the skimmer. this will be my 2nd 25 gal wc while my nitrates have been high and been sugar dosing. I'm expecting to remove alot no3 with the water change today as for I added some sugar earlier.
And I removed about half of the materials I had in my cannister filter. Just have some foam, biomax cubes and a pk of new carbon now, in efforts to control no3 levels.
I've been tossing around the idea of investing in some iodine (for my calico box crabs that never come out anymore) and magnesium (to help with coraline algae I got from lfs on rock) any suggestions would be awesome. Are there any major effects from using either one of those chemicals that uve seen?
Hi so it's been a couple weeks since I started this thread and my condy has moved a couple times which I'm glad to see however, he has lost his tannish color he's aparently supposed to have due to the good bacteria in he's tenticules. (I can't remember the term now) but he's not exactly white, which as far as I no, bleaching or when good stuffs comes out of his tenticules. He's like a green transparent color. Any suggestions? Is it OK or slowly losing life?
so it's been a couple weeks since I started this thread and my condy has moved a couple times which I'm glad to see however, he has lost his tannish color he's aparently supposed to have due to the good bacteria in he's tenticules. (I can't remember the term now) but he's not exactly white, which as far as I no, bleaching or when good stuffs comes out of his tenticules. He's like a green transparent color. Any suggestions? Is it OK or slowly losing life?
Hi so it's been a couple weeks since I started this thread and my condy has moved a couple times which I'm glad to see however, he has lost his tannish color he's aparently supposed to have due to the good bacteria in he's tenticules. (I can't remember the term now) but he's not exactly white, which as far as I no, bleaching or when good stuffs comes out of his tenticules. He's like a green transparent color. Any suggestions? Is it OK or slowly losing life?
so it's been a couple weeks since I started this thread and my condy has moved a couple times which I'm glad to see however, he has lost his tannish color he's aparently supposed to have due to the good bacteria in he's tenticules. (I can't remember the term now) but he's not exactly white, which as far as I no, bleaching or when good stuffs comes out of his tenticules. He's like a green transparent color. Any suggestions? Is it OK or slowly losing life?
2 mths in with my lil koa the condy nem, I had a scare a couple weeks ago. I think I constipated my lil guy ;( but now he's back and looking like he finally found a good spot.
With my attempt of keeping him out of my power head when he was sick, I covered them temporarily with pantyhose and now, cyano back due to lower currents ;( grr
It's a wonderful never ending cycle!
With my attempt of keeping him out of my power head when he was sick, I covered them temporarily with pantyhose and now, cyano back due to lower currents ;( grr
It's a wonderful never ending cycle!
Well I've had the cyano for the last 2mths. I syphon it weekly with wc. last week I focused more and my gravel cleaning hose and come to find out, that method does nothing for removing the cyano from sand bed. I'll get it off but it's back in a couple days, waiting for my next wc.
I recently dosed some chemiclean and it did a great job in keeping it away. however the next week I had issues with the condy and then lowered the current level. Now cyano is back.... truly bad time for pic but wanted for my records haha...
I have to do another wc asap it's due. I just bought an ro system and I'm waiting to set it up and get that rolling. I don't want to pay for h2o again so I'm hoping my next change is done with ro. To help cyano too.
I have not tested phosphate ever ; ( don't have it yet. ph 8.2~ nh3/nh4 .10 ppm I'd figure~ no3 0pp~ no4 7ppm~ alk 10.5~ mag 1000~ last but not least my low cal at 300. Salinity 1.023. Temp near 80 I've been trying to lower...
I recently dosed some chemiclean and it did a great job in keeping it away. however the next week I had issues with the condy and then lowered the current level. Now cyano is back.... truly bad time for pic but wanted for my records haha...
I have to do another wc asap it's due. I just bought an ro system and I'm waiting to set it up and get that rolling. I don't want to pay for h2o again so I'm hoping my next change is done with ro. To help cyano too.
I have not tested phosphate ever ; ( don't have it yet. ph 8.2~ nh3/nh4 .10 ppm I'd figure~ no3 0pp~ no4 7ppm~ alk 10.5~ mag 1000~ last but not least my low cal at 300. Salinity 1.023. Temp near 80 I've been trying to lower...
I have been reading your thread for awhile, and I really admire that everyone on the forum has been trying their bests to help you and your tank out. This forum is a great forum with many good people.
I think what you should do right now is not worried too much about your live stock. Just focus on how to control the nitrate and phosphate in your tank first, then everything else will follow along.
You see so many bad stuff, algae, and cyano in the middle of your tank, on sand bed and on the back wall because there is no or very less flow at those areas. Try to improve more flows on those areas, then you will be fine with that. What kind of powerhead/wavemakers are you using right now?
You said that you use the canister filter for your 125 gallons tank. What kind of canister and how big? In my opinion, the reason you have had so high nitrate in your tank is not enough filtration. I 100% agree water change is the best way to maintain the tank and control the nitrate, but if the filtration is not good enough, then it's useless at some point. Unless, you do daily water change to remove all the nitrate out.
Have you been using RODI water to mix salt when doing water change? Before you want to deal with phosphate issue, you should know where the phosphate comes into your tank first.
You don't need to dose anything for your tank at this moment. Just look back, think again, and slowly but surely do one thing at the time to figure all the problems, then find solutions for that. It's easy to say, but very hard to do. I understand that, but you have this forum with many great people here to help you out. Just don't listen to your local store about anything anymore. They might be nice to you that not taking your big money at once, but they know how to play with you and get your small amount of money here and there slowly.
Putting stuff from ocean/beach into your tank is 50/50 because you don't know what they carry with them. Everything can balance itself in ocean well, but in closed system is a different story.
Hope this helps
I think what you should do right now is not worried too much about your live stock. Just focus on how to control the nitrate and phosphate in your tank first, then everything else will follow along.
You see so many bad stuff, algae, and cyano in the middle of your tank, on sand bed and on the back wall because there is no or very less flow at those areas. Try to improve more flows on those areas, then you will be fine with that. What kind of powerhead/wavemakers are you using right now?
You said that you use the canister filter for your 125 gallons tank. What kind of canister and how big? In my opinion, the reason you have had so high nitrate in your tank is not enough filtration. I 100% agree water change is the best way to maintain the tank and control the nitrate, but if the filtration is not good enough, then it's useless at some point. Unless, you do daily water change to remove all the nitrate out.
Have you been using RODI water to mix salt when doing water change? Before you want to deal with phosphate issue, you should know where the phosphate comes into your tank first.
You don't need to dose anything for your tank at this moment. Just look back, think again, and slowly but surely do one thing at the time to figure all the problems, then find solutions for that. It's easy to say, but very hard to do. I understand that, but you have this forum with many great people here to help you out. Just don't listen to your local store about anything anymore. They might be nice to you that not taking your big money at once, but they know how to play with you and get your small amount of money here and there slowly.
Putting stuff from ocean/beach into your tank is 50/50 because you don't know what they carry with them. Everything can balance itself in ocean well, but in closed system is a different story.
Hope this helps
Thank you! I'm really trying and thankfully joining this group and starting this thread has really helped me out! I also appreciate everyone so so much and you as well for assuring me I'm getting good info! This hobby is a wild ride!
*I have a 406 fluval cannister filter. Good for 100 gal.
* tropic marine v2 skim 800 good for 180 gal I think
* power heads- cp3 740 gph on left side blowing across front, slightly angled to bottom center glass.
Cp4 1375 gph in back center of tank faced to front right.
Korina 1150 gph on right glass facing back center.
I couldn't move power heads closer to sand before because I'd lose surface agitation but I actually found a lil 118 gph pump I put into tank recently to disturb surface so, I will be moving my power heads today! Hope I can make the cyano slow down!
*I just received the ro system so no I haven't tried that yet. Someone on thread before suggested it but I didn't have access so I ordered one. It should be set up tonight or tomorrow morn. I have been using good filtered water from an establishment. I tested water. Nothing bad. Or at least it's the best I'll get.
*I have a 406 fluval cannister filter. Good for 100 gal.
* tropic marine v2 skim 800 good for 180 gal I think
* power heads- cp3 740 gph on left side blowing across front, slightly angled to bottom center glass.
Cp4 1375 gph in back center of tank faced to front right.
Korina 1150 gph on right glass facing back center.
I couldn't move power heads closer to sand before because I'd lose surface agitation but I actually found a lil 118 gph pump I put into tank recently to disturb surface so, I will be moving my power heads today! Hope I can make the cyano slow down!
*I just received the ro system so no I haven't tried that yet. Someone on thread before suggested it but I didn't have access so I ordered one. It should be set up tonight or tomorrow morn. I have been using good filtered water from an establishment. I tested water. Nothing bad. Or at least it's the best I'll get.
I dosed that actually. Seemed to work but then I tryed to cover my jets so my nem wouldn't get sucked in. I then realized how much that affected my flows. Now it's back.
Ever since the beginning I didn't want a band aid for it so I was hesitant in using it. Now I did and it helped but here it is again.
Ever since the beginning I didn't want a band aid for it so I was hesitant in using it. Now I did and it helped but here it is again.
