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Mark the fence

Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Nov 17, 2013
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Mitcham London
Have just introduced a orange spotted goby he's doing a great job but also making the water very messy! I've done 2 water changes since I introduced him and all tests reading good will he clam down or will he make my water messy forever. I'm running a 150lt nek5 skimmer pellet reactor and live rock sump.
 
how big is your tank and what's your definition of "messy"? i have a goby that stirs up stuffs from the sand all the time but the water is still crystal clear and i don't even have a sump. could it be a general maintenance issue with the tank (ie too much detritus)?
 
It's 120lt +about 40lt sump I'm new to marine keeping but the water all tests fine for nitrate nitrite the ammonia is showing .25 ppm and ph is fine how to I test for dittritus? Just seems a lot of small particles have read a lot on line and hopefully it will all settle down in a few days thanks for the reply.
 
Could be just kickin up the sand, is your tank cycled tho? You are showing ammonia which is no good for fish - I would be doing some water changes to bring that down. Also, you can't test for poo (detritus) but over feeding can cause excess nutrients (poo) !
 
I probably am over feeding a bit the tank is fully cycled and been running for 18mts it was moved about 3 mts ago and went through a small cycle lots of red slime alge but that's almost all gone now and touch wood have lost no fish. Will try feeding less thanks.
 
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