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08/06/2007, 07:52 PM
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cycling Question
I have been cycling my tank for a month and a couple days.I have 60 pounds of live rock and 60 pounds of live sand. I have not done no water changes yet Is it time for a water change? If yes how much?
I have 4 turbo snails and 5 hermit crabs there doing ok.. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. nitrate 20 nitrite 0 amonia 0 ph 7.8 salinity 1.020 Temp 82 |
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08/06/2007, 08:00 PM
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Moved On
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you can do a WC if you like... 25% would probably be a good start... and I would increase your salinity slowly until it's around .025 or so.
Congrats on the cycle =) |
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08/06/2007, 08:01 PM
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Start doing some water changes to slowly raise your ph to about 8.3 and you sg to about 1.024. Your numbers are way too low for a new tank. Look the boards regarding water chemistry.
Good luck.
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08/06/2007, 08:05 PM
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watre changes wont affect ur ph really, its fine where it is anyways, ur params are fine, ur tank has obviously finished cycleing , sg is low, get it up to around .024-26
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08/06/2007, 08:36 PM
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re: water perameters, here are a couple of informative and helpful links:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm
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