jonboyb
Aquarium Advice Activist
Following my cycle and 10 gallon water change (35%+/-), I let the tank sit for a day or so and took water parameters. With the amount of LR I have, pulling 10 gallons out lowered the tank by almost half, but my rear sump stayed full (maybe 3-4 gallons). I hope to pull future PWC's from the sump as I think I can get close to 5 gallons from there (5 gallons would be approximately a 18% PWC)
pH=8.4
SG=1.023
Ammonia=0
NitrItes=0
NitrAtes between 0 and 5 (hard to read scale)
Alkalinity=2.9-3.8 (hard to read scale)
kH=8
After another PWC in a few days to bring the nitrAtes to 0 or as close as possible, I want to add a few cleaners...and I mean very few.
For a start, I was thinking the following:
1 Scarlet Reef Hermet
2 Turbo Snails
2 Cerinth Snails
1 Peppermint Shrimp (I still have a few aiptasias impossible to reach with Joe's Juice unless I pull all my LR out)
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Emerald Crab
My tank is a 28 gallon with a 1" sand bed. I'll probably get the snails and hermit first, then the shrimp and emerald crab later. I don't want to push my luck on a young tank.
Any opinions, additions, deletions, etc? Are my numbers of crew appropriate? I have no fish nor plans for the next couple of months to add fish, so I shouldn't need a big crew.
pH=8.4
SG=1.023
Ammonia=0
NitrItes=0
NitrAtes between 0 and 5 (hard to read scale)
Alkalinity=2.9-3.8 (hard to read scale)
kH=8
After another PWC in a few days to bring the nitrAtes to 0 or as close as possible, I want to add a few cleaners...and I mean very few.
For a start, I was thinking the following:
1 Scarlet Reef Hermet
2 Turbo Snails
2 Cerinth Snails
1 Peppermint Shrimp (I still have a few aiptasias impossible to reach with Joe's Juice unless I pull all my LR out)
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Emerald Crab
My tank is a 28 gallon with a 1" sand bed. I'll probably get the snails and hermit first, then the shrimp and emerald crab later. I don't want to push my luck on a young tank.
Any opinions, additions, deletions, etc? Are my numbers of crew appropriate? I have no fish nor plans for the next couple of months to add fish, so I shouldn't need a big crew.