Help needed

[_skyla_]

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/brackish/brackish.html

 

[lamby]

yeah the guy at my lfs said test the water its in and try amd replicate it best as posible he said aim for gravity level of around 1.005

 

[_skyla_]

that sounds about right mine was about that.

 

[lamby]

awsome i aslo finaly got another heater for my big tank just need substrate and nice looking slate or texas holly rock i aslo picked up some new substrate for the long tank was wondering if calic substrate is ok was $5 a bag so couldnt help my self

 

[lamby]

alright iv chucked a power head in a bucket of water aprox 75ltr water is 1.006 ph is at 8.2 ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 0ppm so far so good iv chucked a hand full of clean play pen sand in it and a peice of pvc pipe this should be ok for a few weeks to a mobth right

 

[lamby]

and will my calic sand be fine

 

[lamby]

alright iv set up a bucket got the salinity even what ph do i aim for and is a protein skimmer suited to bw of only full salt

 

[Morgie]

Seems like you're doing pretty well so far! I'm a big fan of bumblebee gobies and have been keeping mine for a while. Quick question, though. I saw in an earlier post you had mentioned aquarium salt. Did you buy aquarium salt or a marine mix salt?
Aquarium salt (the kind that's manufactured for freshwater aquariums) doesn't actually give you a brackish tank. You need marine salt to convert to brackish.
Your pH should be in the 8.0 range. And you really only need a protein skimmer with fish in larger setups. It wouldn't hurt! It's just not necessary for bb gobies.
And I keep my bumblebees at 1.008-1.010

 

[lamby]

marine salt the red sea stuff guy at the lfs said it is the same stuff he uses gave me some free stuff to lije a power head and water conditioner and some stuf to help prevent stress think it was stress coat plus correct me if im wrong and other tricks and tips i can use

 

[lamby]

so i need to add some more salt to jump it up from 1.005 to 1.008 and my ph from 7.4 to around 8 ok when i finish work il bump them up and what temp should i got every one is givin me somthing different iv got it at 26c

 

[lamby]

think il add the protein skimmer once i rehome some the fish in the tank im using

 

[lamby]

ok tested again today to make sure te tanks fine test read

HR PH 8.0
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
nitrate 0ppm
Salinity 1.005

so I think I will give it the green light as being healthy an happy seem more active now aswell much more curious of this

 

[lamby]

tested again last night my nitrates are starting to rise but im not to worried as its only set up for a month

 

[_skyla_]

hows the little bee doing?

 

[lamby]

every well seem happy iv got it on blood worms and flake its good eats out my hand now XD

 

[_skyla_]

aww cute thats good to hear hes doing so well you just gotta love their little grumpy faces haha

 

[lamby]

happy lil fishy waiting to get another so he has a friend

 

[_skyla_]

happy lil fishy waiting to get another so he has a friend

Aww little cutie

 

[lamby]

its made me want to try my hand at full salt

 

[lamby]

how many do you rekon I would be able to have in this tank I have a feeling it would ve ok for 1 more but I dont want it getting to terratorial