Hi all,
My roommates and I recently got a saltwater aquarium and are a little over our heads.
We got a couple sturdy fish to test out the tank and after 1.5 weeks we lost one and the other 2 arent looking to great (a little discolored) and I'm hoping to get answers here as to what steps we should take.
We tested the water using the OceanMaster Test Kit and the readings are:
pH 7.8
Ammonia: 0.4
Nitrite: 0.2
Nitrate <10
and Alkalinity of 13 drops to change the color of the water.
Sorry for the vagueness of this but I imagine we need to change some of the water, get a functioning protein skimmer right away and what else? Is there any emergency action we can take?
Thanks for any advice!!!!
My roommates and I recently got a saltwater aquarium and are a little over our heads.
We got a couple sturdy fish to test out the tank and after 1.5 weeks we lost one and the other 2 arent looking to great (a little discolored) and I'm hoping to get answers here as to what steps we should take.
We tested the water using the OceanMaster Test Kit and the readings are:
pH 7.8
Ammonia: 0.4
Nitrite: 0.2
Nitrate <10
and Alkalinity of 13 drops to change the color of the water.
Sorry for the vagueness of this but I imagine we need to change some of the water, get a functioning protein skimmer right away and what else? Is there any emergency action we can take?
Thanks for any advice!!!!