This is my 3 attempt at successfully having a saltwater aquarium. I have successfully done Tropical and Goldfish but each time i try salt my fish dont make it. This time i decided to go all out and purchased a Miluakee PH monitor and refractometer. My tank specs before i start
1) 125 Gallon Tank
2) Two fluval 404's
3) Seaclone 150 gallon Protein Skimmer
My calibrated miluakee SM120 saids my PH is at 8.1
When i use Aqaurium Pharacetuicals test kit it shows i am around 8.8 range. I have no fish in the aquarum as the two damels i had purchased died with in 2 hrs of being in the tank. I dont know what else to do i have bought the 8.2 buffer so to me makes no sense why the SM120 cant measure 8.2 for my tank. I have no live rock/sand. Tanks been running for about 5.5 weeks. Its back to really clouded because i added some of the Seaclem Prime. No fish in there. I let tank go thru the inital cycle for about two weeks. Just let it run it got really cloudy and after like 6 days it became clear. Two days later i added 2 Damels. Both the Damels died over night. So i decided to let it continue running and waited another 2 weeks. I bought two again and with in a couple hours i knew they would not make it and both crashed down soon. Wished i would have kept there water could have put them back in it. What i do with the damels was dump them in bucket. Every 10 minutes or so added some of the tanks water to there water. After an hour I dumped into the tank. I have Coral Sand Substrate with a Lord of the Rings theme oranments. They create hiding places and waterfalls of bubbles. Looks really kool would have took a picture but with it being so cloudy cant see anything. I used instant ocean salt. Any advice greatly apperciated
These are my overall readings
temperature (max and min) 79-77
pH-- three readings SM120 8.1, from Kit 8.8, from dip stick 8.4
salinity -- 1.022 from hydrometer, awaiting on refractometer
ammonia -- .5 from kit
nitrites -- 0 according to kit
nitrates -- 0 according to kit
1) 125 Gallon Tank
2) Two fluval 404's
3) Seaclone 150 gallon Protein Skimmer
My calibrated miluakee SM120 saids my PH is at 8.1
When i use Aqaurium Pharacetuicals test kit it shows i am around 8.8 range. I have no fish in the aquarum as the two damels i had purchased died with in 2 hrs of being in the tank. I dont know what else to do i have bought the 8.2 buffer so to me makes no sense why the SM120 cant measure 8.2 for my tank. I have no live rock/sand. Tanks been running for about 5.5 weeks. Its back to really clouded because i added some of the Seaclem Prime. No fish in there. I let tank go thru the inital cycle for about two weeks. Just let it run it got really cloudy and after like 6 days it became clear. Two days later i added 2 Damels. Both the Damels died over night. So i decided to let it continue running and waited another 2 weeks. I bought two again and with in a couple hours i knew they would not make it and both crashed down soon. Wished i would have kept there water could have put them back in it. What i do with the damels was dump them in bucket. Every 10 minutes or so added some of the tanks water to there water. After an hour I dumped into the tank. I have Coral Sand Substrate with a Lord of the Rings theme oranments. They create hiding places and waterfalls of bubbles. Looks really kool would have took a picture but with it being so cloudy cant see anything. I used instant ocean salt. Any advice greatly apperciated
These are my overall readings
temperature (max and min) 79-77
pH-- three readings SM120 8.1, from Kit 8.8, from dip stick 8.4
salinity -- 1.022 from hydrometer, awaiting on refractometer
ammonia -- .5 from kit
nitrites -- 0 according to kit
nitrates -- 0 according to kit
