kemerick
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello,
I picked up my current saltwater tank on craigslist in January 2010. It included a 35 gallon tall aquarium with a standard T8 bulb, Penguin 200 filter, 60lbs live rock, 2 inches of live sand, 2 Percula Clowns, a Blue Tang, a Elibe Angel fish and a hermit crab. The previous owner had it established for about a year and a 1/2. And I believe he bought many of the items used himself. Since I've acquired the tank I've added a sleeper head gobi, emerald crab, tiger stripped starfish, Royal Blue Tuxedo Urchin and 4 snails and 4 hermit crabs. I've also added a bac-pack2 protein skimmer and a 4 bulb 96watt t5ho fixture with 2 actnic lights and 2 10k lights. I'm hoping the protein skimmer will help bring down my Nitrates which has always registered around 40 PPM even before I added the additional livestock and pre protein skimmer. I do a weekly water change of 5 gallons. I've only had the protein skimmer for about a week, when do you think I'll start to see a reduction in Nitrates?
I picked up my current saltwater tank on craigslist in January 2010. It included a 35 gallon tall aquarium with a standard T8 bulb, Penguin 200 filter, 60lbs live rock, 2 inches of live sand, 2 Percula Clowns, a Blue Tang, a Elibe Angel fish and a hermit crab. The previous owner had it established for about a year and a 1/2. And I believe he bought many of the items used himself. Since I've acquired the tank I've added a sleeper head gobi, emerald crab, tiger stripped starfish, Royal Blue Tuxedo Urchin and 4 snails and 4 hermit crabs. I've also added a bac-pack2 protein skimmer and a 4 bulb 96watt t5ho fixture with 2 actnic lights and 2 10k lights. I'm hoping the protein skimmer will help bring down my Nitrates which has always registered around 40 PPM even before I added the additional livestock and pre protein skimmer. I do a weekly water change of 5 gallons. I've only had the protein skimmer for about a week, when do you think I'll start to see a reduction in Nitrates?