iceblueconcepts
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Okay, very new to the saltwater community. Got my 55 gallon tank all set up, tons and tons of Figi and other live rock, proper substrate, 3 Maxi1200 powerheads, TurboTwist UV Coralife Sterlizer running on a Maxi600, Protein Skimmer, dual filters, and massive Coralife hi wattage 4 bulb fixture. I let the tank cycle, took the proper steps, introduced the cleaning crew and a few chromis for cycling with the advice from my lfs after testing my water. Things have been going great now for about 4 weeks after introducing my 3 clown percs, skunk clown w/ a pink tip anemone, fairy wrasse, and hippo tang. Also have an open brain coral, trumpet coral, and leather coral. Here in the past day or so my tank seems to have been freaking out. My PH got very low, my fish started showing a few visable ick spots (from what i have been told all fish have ick, it just takes a drastic change in the tank to make it visable). Immediately after testing and finding out that the ph was deperately low, I added Reef buffer slowly all night tonight and in case of emergency I have my 30 gallon qt set up. So my question is.... When will things ever become stable? Will it ever get to a point where I can enjoy my tank and not feel frightened each morning when I check on my fishies? And if so, how can I reach that point? As a newbie at this hobbie I assume that it just takes time and experience to feel comfortable, as most everything in life. But, it's just easy to get discouraged after attempting to take the right steps and pouring around $2000 into the new tank in the past month. Any feedback or advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!