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08/06/2013, 11:41 AM
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Location: New Jersey
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Help with quarentine tank
Ok this past sunday i purchased a pair of clownfish and acclimated them to the 20 gallon quarentine tank. Before i purchased the fish i took a water sample to the lfs and they told me yes your water is good so today i do a api test and my nitrite and ammonia and ph have raised ph is at 8.2 and my ammonia is between 0 and 0.25 and nitrite is at 0.25 and 0.50 please note this color chart is like hard to read too what should i do the fish are swimming should take them out amd acclimate them to my dt tank which is fine. And how much time do i have till thing get dangerous.
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08/06/2013, 12:49 PM
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Location: Garden Grove, Ca
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The only concern is the ammonia. pH at 8.2 and nirtites at 0.50 are not a concern. Use one of the ammonia nullifying products like Amquel and start making regular (daily water changes to keep the ammonia in check. Are you using floss or a sponge that was colonized with bacteria in the QT? You want something to keep the ammonia in check or you are going to be making a lot of water changes over the next 10 weeks.
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08/06/2013, 02:21 PM
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Dr. Reef at ur service
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Water changes or use amquel/prime etc to neutralize ammonia. U can try BioSpira as well.
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Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE |
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08/06/2013, 04:27 PM
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Location: New Jersey
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Yes im using a sponge that was in the dt protien skimmer
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