louiseberry
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
hi just got finished cycling a 150 gal tank water crystal clear,diatom just alittle left 1week ago put in a few shrimp 4 crabs 1 brittlestar they look good.didnt want to overload system taking it slowwww. want to put in 2 clowns and a benny .the guy at the store told me to soon for a benny [ he also told me to do water changes during lcycling ] but i didnt.1 did alittle water change 20% cleaned filters etc,water is 78 temp,anomia 0 , nitrites 0 , nitrates around 20 ,did water tests nh3 nh4 they always come out great at 0 ,ph around 8.4 ikeep hearing nitrate around 20 is good others say as close to zero so what do i do ? i just have live rock and sand no corals thanks for any help i dont want to mess up now. louiseberry