JayYoshy
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey Sadie. I just registered cuz' I read ur replies and u really know a lot and read u have 10gal. tank. I used Bacter Vital b4, it worked fine, but now I haven't been able to get rid of high nitrate level. It's been cycling for 3 months now. Right now it's only at .20 ppm cuz I got the crazy idea of adding AmQuel+ directly to the tank and it dropped immediately. The 2 damisels I used for cycling still doing great (of course, give them toilet water, and in toilet water they'll live), decent amount of live rock which seems to be growing purple algae in it.
The thing is, I know it's harder to maintain a smaller tank due to gas movement and aeration, so nitrate spikes quicker- so I have two filters (AquaClear50 full of Kent Marine Nitrate Sponge and an Emperor 280). I haven't bought a skimmer cuz' I'm really not sure how it works or what it does. Will it help me with nitrate? Is it neccesary? I'm kindda new, and I upgraded a normal freshwater tank. I tried marine b4, 1st time total failure, 2nd time had no idea what happened- all level were grrreat, think over-populated. Right now all I want is 2 perculas, an anemone and maybe a coral.
Hope I didn't take too much of ur time and u'll be muh savior.
The thing is, I know it's harder to maintain a smaller tank due to gas movement and aeration, so nitrate spikes quicker- so I have two filters (AquaClear50 full of Kent Marine Nitrate Sponge and an Emperor 280). I haven't bought a skimmer cuz' I'm really not sure how it works or what it does. Will it help me with nitrate? Is it neccesary? I'm kindda new, and I upgraded a normal freshwater tank. I tried marine b4, 1st time total failure, 2nd time had no idea what happened- all level were grrreat, think over-populated. Right now all I want is 2 perculas, an anemone and maybe a coral.
Hope I didn't take too much of ur time and u'll be muh savior.