mattt6511
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello all, i really really appriciate any help whatsoever any of you can give me. I have the following setup: 55 gallon reef tank, 20 pounds regular sand, 40 pounds live sand, 50 pounds tonga live rock, remora c protien skimmer, emperor 400 biowheel filter, 2 maxijet 1200 powerheads, odyssea powercompact 10,000k and atinic bulbs, 2 starfish, 2 cucumbers, coral banded shrimp, 20 blue leg hermit crabs, 15 turbo snails, 1 yellow tail damsel
This tank is about 3 weeks old i just added the invertabrates about 4 days ago. my ammonia, and nitrites the past 4 days were 0.0ppm and my nitrate has been steady at around 10ppm, i checked my chemicals today and my ammonia was at 0.50!!!!! i paniked because i know invertabrates die very easy if its not perfect so i did a small water change about 5 gallons and tested it again and its about 0.0 a tad more, DID I DO THE WRONG THING???? should i do a water change so soon?? i honestly didnt think my ammonia would of went up that much, but as i said im a begginer not an expert like most of you, any advice on what to do?? Also im intrested in doing say a fish only tank, at most maybe 2 clowns and one small damsel, is a 29 gallon too small or should i be alright with that?
Thank you VERY MUCH for ANY help you can give me
This tank is about 3 weeks old i just added the invertabrates about 4 days ago. my ammonia, and nitrites the past 4 days were 0.0ppm and my nitrate has been steady at around 10ppm, i checked my chemicals today and my ammonia was at 0.50!!!!! i paniked because i know invertabrates die very easy if its not perfect so i did a small water change about 5 gallons and tested it again and its about 0.0 a tad more, DID I DO THE WRONG THING???? should i do a water change so soon?? i honestly didnt think my ammonia would of went up that much, but as i said im a begginer not an expert like most of you, any advice on what to do?? Also im intrested in doing say a fish only tank, at most maybe 2 clowns and one small damsel, is a 29 gallon too small or should i be alright with that?
Thank you VERY MUCH for ANY help you can give me