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Re: New Tank

PostPosted:29 Sep 2018 12:29
by tzg
ok thank u! am considering to add more shrimps to the tank, will do this after the tank is cycled. :grin:

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:10 Oct 2018 17:06
by tzg
not sure why there are so many snail poops, they are all over the tank. Are they part of the reason why ammonia is high in the tank now?

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:10 Oct 2018 20:06
by Vorteil
It could be the cause of the amonia spike. Looks like the tank is cycling. The sand is geeting a hint of brown to it. The marimo ball there. Is it supposed to look or get that way. Looks like there's hair algae starting to form all over? If the marimo is not a true brackish ball I would not keep it in there. As far as the amonia I would not worry about it. The opae are really hardy.

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:10 Oct 2018 20:55
by odin
Looks like shrimp poop to me, have you got the means to change out some of the water for fresh brackish water? This will lower your ammonia while the tank finishes it’s cycle and in turn will remove the ammonia its self.

Can you get biodigest where you live? That stuff is great for this type of situation.

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:11 Oct 2018 04:35
by tzg
Vorteil wrote: 10 Oct 2018 20:06 It could be the cause of the amonia spike. Looks like the tank is cycling. The sand is geeting a hint of brown to it. The marimo ball there. Is it supposed to look or get that way. Looks like there's hair algae starting to form all over? If the marimo is not a true brackish ball I would not keep it in there. As far as the amonia I would not worry about it. The opae are really hardy.
Hi Vorteil, the marimo ball looks messy because i turn on the light for more than 10hrs causing algae to grow but im not sure if it is a true brackish ball. I have used this marimo ball since the start of my first tank this year march. Yeah this batch of shrimps had went through ammonia spike in the first tank so im not worried about this anymore. :laugh:

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:11 Oct 2018 04:38
by tzg
odin wrote: 10 Oct 2018 20:55 Looks like shrimp poop to me, have you got the means to change out some of the water for fresh brackish water? This will lower your ammonia while the tank finishes it’s cycle and in turn will remove the ammonia its self.

Can you get biodigest where you live? That stuff is great for this type of situation.

hi odin, i can get distilled water and salt to make new brackish water but i will go for biodigest to save time n trouble as im tight with work lately. :happy:

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:23 Oct 2018 14:44
by tzg
the water test is at 0.25ppm, seems like the seachem ammonia alert is not working very well. :sick:

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:23 Oct 2018 19:08
by odin
What test is it you are doing? Ammonia?

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:24 Oct 2018 02:49
by tzg
ok weird, i attached the pic and saw the pic posted, now it's gone. Yes ammonia test, pic reattched.

Re: New Tank

PostPosted:24 Oct 2018 13:54
by Algae In Space
Is the ammonia test even sound in brackish water??? :what: