clowdy water

[mrcopitr]

Originally posted by Dussumieri:

Just curious, what are your ammonia, nitrate and nitrite readings?[/QB]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ammonia (ppm):
0ppm

Nitrite (ppm):
below 10 ppm

Nitrate (ppm):
below 10ppm

I will only be able to check for Phosphate, Alkalinity and Calcium next week when my test kit is received from J&L.

thanks Marco

[Dale D]

If there is a whitish colour to the water and it is not being caused by the powerheads stirring up the sandbed it could be a bacterial bloom.

Especially if your tests are showing 10ppm Nitrite.

How much live rock do you have in the tank?

How big is your tank?

3 fish is not a big load on a tank. Unless it is a small tank with big fish.

Make sure you are not over feeding also.

Sorry about all the questions. Just curious about the nitrite reading.

[ 06 April 2002, 23:57: Message edited by: Dale D ]

[mrcopitr]

Originally posted by Dale D:


How much live rock do you have in the tank?

How big is your tank?

3 fish is not a big load on a tank. Unless it is a small tank with big fish.

The tank is 86 gal...with 100 pds of live rock...a 5 inch deep sand bed (semi live from being seeded from the live rock)..and I currently do a 25 gal water change weekly...

Can to many water changes be a problem when establishing a new tank???

Thanks Marco

Sorry about all the questions. Just curious about the nitrite reading.

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[CHEAPREEF]

You really shouldn't be doing any water changes until everything is zeroed out.

Clinton

[SuperFudge]

Are you using buffers or Kalk ?

Marc.

[mrcopitr]

Originally posted by Superfudge:
Are you using buffers or Kalk ?

Marc.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not so far....I was planning to start dosing in a week or so....