Water parameters

[bugarte1]

Is this ok or is everything to high ? My LFS told me to bring up the salinity to 1.030 so I did and they also told me to feed the tank fuel for reefs every other day for coral growth so that's what I did for about a week and now everything is really high. Please some feedback

All I have in the tank is small frags about 20 of them. Mix of soft, SPS, LPS, and mushrooms

 

[bribo12]

Please don't listen to that store anymore. To put it kindly they're dumb. Your salinity should be between 1.024-1.026. That fuel stuff is a waste of your money. No need to add it

 

[bugarte1]

That's what I thought. What should I do to fix it ?

 

[bribo12]

Do a water change with the salinity of the water change around 1.026. Should get all params back in check.

 

[bugarte1]

Should I do that ASAP or can I wait till Friday that's when I'm do for a water change

 

[bugarte1]

Also is this why my cal and meg is so high ?

 

[bribo12]

Also is this why my cal and meg is so high ?

What are they at?

 

[bugarte1]

let me know what you think

 

[bugarte1]

I'm waiting on my skimmer to arrive in the mail to bring down the ammonia

 

[bribo12]

You shouldn't have any ammonia. The tank is cycled right? The calcium is a bit high. Alk is fine and mag and salinity are a bit high. You can probably wait until Friday just stop dosing the stuff

 

[bugarte1]

I think I have ammonia because I feed my cleaner shrimp and weird looking crab and 2 brittle star fish some flake food


Do I need to feed them ?

 

[bribo12]

No they will just get left over food

 

[bugarte1]

Get left over food from what I don't have fish that's why I feed them a little flake food

 

[bribo12]

Oh nvm thought you had fish. Well then yeah I'd give them some food but not everyday. Maybe 2-3 times a week

 

[bugarte1]

Yea that's what I do. I wonder why it's a little high ?

 

[PrettyFishies]

What app is that?

You can use this to lower your salinity

http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/SalinityAdjust.php

 

[bugarte1]

What app is that?

You can use this to lower your salinity

http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/SalinityAdjust.php

Aquarimate

 

[PrettyFishies]

That's a pricey app

 

[bugarte1]

Yea it is it's not bad tho

 

[navaljonf]

I don't understand the spike in NH3...how old is your tank and how much live rock do you have?