Recent content by chewy87

I truly appreciate all of your responses. I tested the water again this morning, and both nitrates and nitrite levels were perfect so I started my cleanup crew (3 snails, 1 hermit crab and one blue crab). It has been 8-9 hours now and they are all doing well. If I would have been notified of...

Thanks for the input I've been waiting. No fish yet. I've only seen a *slight* spike in nitrate (~20ppm). It has gone back to <1ppm. I'm using the brand "Jungle" kit. It measures nitrate/nitrite/alkalinity/pH. I'm worried that I did not see a large enough spike. I think I should pick up...

Just started a 30g SW tank. No experience with SW other than my own research. I have about 40lbs live sand, and about 30lb live rock (need more I am sure). I have had this running for about 3 weeks, monitoring the nitrate/nitrite/pH/alk just about everyday. I have yet to see a single spike...