Is it safe? - Aquarium Advice

Feelin_Salty · 04-07-2006, 06:09 PM

Is it safe to add fish if I have
1.5 PO4
8 PH
0 Ammonia
20 nitrate
0 nitrite

austinsdad · 04-07-2006, 06:17 PM

Give us some more background. Just finished cycling? Got fish already. Whazzup?

Feelin_Salty · 04-07-2006, 06:28 PM

well I have a 3 crabs and 3 snails in my refugium that I put in there about a week ago. I didn't test my tank every day to make sure it was spiking here and there...I had LS in there for about month before I added my LR... My rock wasn't real stinky, and I had it in the garage for about a week, and did several large water changes on it. And the LR has been in the tank for about 3 weeks...I think it's cycled...I think.

**melosu58** · 04-07-2006, 06:42 PM

I dont think you`ll kill any fish in your tank but you will end up with a bad case of algea in your tank because of the phosphates. They need to be around 0.

Feelin_Salty · 04-07-2006, 06:46 PM

Yea my refugium broke out like a teenagers face...It's pretty nasty looking...I added some POLY OX from Kent to oxidize the algaes...its what the guy at the LFS recommended. The algae in my refugium is strange too, cause it's in some really high flow places, and people say it's diatom, but I'm just not too sure. I think I might have accidently got something in my RO one day when I was a little too drunk, and then my wife topped off the tank with about a gal of that water.

Brenden · 04-07-2006, 08:19 PM

What type alcohol did you "possibly" get in it?

Feelin_Salty · 04-08-2006, 12:03 PM

Well it wasn't the alchohol, it was the aftermath of too many. I was gonna puke in the sink but a little splashed into the RO bucket...I scooped it out, and when I was hung over in the morning, my wife added some to the tank to top it off. I should have dumped that water...but I definitely wasn't thinkin straight, lol. I'm not even sure if this is whats causing anything or not, but it's definitely been on my mind since I had an ugly algae breakout in my refugium(not in the tank though) and I'm not sure if that would do anything with the po4 or not....Although I did do about a 10% pwc the other day and my po4 is now about .5

hackteck · 04-08-2006, 12:12 PM

you guys and your aquarium storys i tell ya lol

Feelin_Salty · 04-09-2006, 07:20 PM

So do you think that could cause the ugly algae outbreak in my refugium?

04-07-2006, 06:09 PM	#1
Feelin_Salty Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Images: 4	Is it safe? Is it safe to add fish if I have 1.5 PO4 8 PH 0 Ammonia 20 nitrate 0 nitrite

04-07-2006, 06:17 PM	#2
austinsdad Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland Posts: 3,992 Images: 12	Give us some more background. Just finished cycling? Got fish already. Whazzup? __________________ -Ray- "Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here we might as well dance!"

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melosu58 SW 10 yrs and over Community Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Richmond Va Posts: 12,692 Images: 80	I dont think you`ll kill any fish in your tank but you will end up with a bad case of algea in your tank because of the phosphates. They need to be around 0. __________________ View My Tanks http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...8/melosu58.jpg Click here to Visit FantasyReef

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04-07-2006, 06:28 PM	#3
Feelin_Salty Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Images: 4	well I have a 3 crabs and 3 snails in my refugium that I put in there about a week ago. I didn't test my tank every day to make sure it was spiking here and there...I had LS in there for about month before I added my LR... My rock wasn't real stinky, and I had it in the garage for about a week, and did several large water changes on it. And the LR has been in the tank for about 3 weeks...I think it's cycled...I think.

04-07-2006, 06:46 PM	#5
Feelin_Salty Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Images: 4	Yea my refugium broke out like a teenagers face...It's pretty nasty looking...I added some POLY OX from Kent to oxidize the algaes...its what the guy at the LFS recommended. The algae in my refugium is strange too, cause it's in some really high flow places, and people say it's diatom, but I'm just not too sure. I think I might have accidently got something in my RO one day when I was a little too drunk, and then my wife topped off the tank with about a gal of that water.

04-08-2006, 12:03 PM	#7
Feelin_Salty Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Images: 4	Well it wasn't the alchohol, it was the aftermath of too many. I was gonna puke in the sink but a little splashed into the RO bucket...I scooped it out, and when I was hung over in the morning, my wife added some to the tank to top it off. I should have dumped that water...but I definitely wasn't thinkin straight, lol. I'm not even sure if this is whats causing anything or not, but it's definitely been on my mind since I had an ugly algae breakout in my refugium(not in the tank though) and I'm not sure if that would do anything with the po4 or not....Although I did do about a 10% pwc the other day and my po4 is now about .5

04-08-2006, 12:12 PM	#8
hackteck Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: atlanta,ga Posts: 675	you guys and your aquarium storys i tell ya lol

04-09-2006, 07:20 PM	#9
Feelin_Salty Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Images: 4	So do you think that could cause the ugly algae outbreak in my refugium?

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