who wants to help do a large water change?

[Chiefmcfuz]

even if ph salt and temp are match, would it be just as good, cause its less effective spreed out cause a small amount of the water being taken out has already been changed and is "good water"

Dilution is better than huge changes in water parameters. So the frequent smaller water changes will be better than the huge change.

 

[THEDLO]

DLO what area are you located in?

zip:10989

 

[rookie07]

Seems like you have alot of tangs/fish in your 120....maybe you just have to high of a bio load?

Oh yeah, I would do 20-30 gl water changes every other day for a week or two, that should work great!

 

[THEDLO]

Seems like you have alot of tangs/fish in your 120....maybe you just have to high of a bio load?

Oh yeah, I would do 20-30 gl water changes every other day for a week or two, that should work great!

no i dont think its that, i have a good skimmer, and i dont over feed. its just weird that my phosphates are 0 or close to it and my no3 is high.

 

[Wes]

If you have a good skimmer, do no overfeed, and still have a nitrate problem than I think you are a bit overstocked..


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[THEDLO]

If you have a good skimmer, do no overfeed, and still have a nitrate problem than I think you are a bit overstocked..


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yea? for a 120?

 

[Wes]

yea? for a 120?

It's just an assumption. I don't even know what fish you have in there but it's pretty easy to keep nitrates low in a tank that has been properly equipped and stocked.

What is your fish list?


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[THEDLO]

It's just an assumption. I don't even know what fish you have in there but it's pretty easy to keep nitrates low in a tank that has been properly equipped and stocked.

What is your fish list?


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its in my signature

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

The tangs and angels are nitrate factories in and of themselves. Upgrade your skimmer and increase your regular water changes. I would also do several small water changes to get your nitrates down. A huge water change might stress out your fish and those tangs are very ich prone. Then you have another issue to deal with.

 

[Wes]

its in my signature

Ah ok. Yeah you have more bioload than me and my tank is 250g.


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[KathyC]

What are you currently feeding (are you rinising whatever food possible before you feed?), how often & what percentage of water do you commonly change?

Yeah, your bioload is on the high side, you may want to do more frequent water changes on a regular basis.
Are you running any carbon in there?

Watched your video - very nice tank, aquascaping is beautiful. Cute names too

Try and get your nitrates under control through regular good husbandry techniques where you don't have to skimp on feeding your fish.

 

[THEDLO]

The tangs and angels are nitrate factories in and of themselves. Upgrade your skimmer and increase your regular water changes. I would also do several small water changes to get your nitrates down. A huge water change might stress out your fish and those tangs are very ich prone. Then you have another issue to deal with.

my regal gets it when ever i add to the tank or move things around, im not worried about ich ive dealt with it plenty by now to not be worried. i dont over feed at all, the food i throw in is finished with in a minute max.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

But those species poop quite a bit that is where your nitrate problem is probably starting.

 

[THEDLO]

i used to (before my water tested ugly) feed twice a day, in the morning id do a pinch of flakes (i have 4 diff types so i mix it up) and in the evening, id do some type of frozen food in the evening (i have 3 types) and every other day they get a strip of nori. i need to figure out whats leaching no3s into the system, cause suppose my bio load is too high wouldnt my phosphates be high as well?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

No.

What you put in must come out. The fish eat, then they poop, nothing eats poop, poop produces nitrates.

 

[KathyC]

The chances of your phosphates actually being zero are about...er...zero.
Flaked food is a good clue, and a good source of phosphates
If you are using any of the cubed frozen food bound with the 'gel', there is another source of trouble.

What are you testing the phosphates with?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Ok so to clarify is the problem with Phosphates or Nitrates? Or both>

 

[THEDLO]

The chances of your phosphates actually being zero are about...er...zero.
Flaked food is a good clue, and a good source of phosphates
If you are using any of the cubed frozen food bound with the 'gel', there is another source of trouble.

What are you testing the phosphates with?

well the salifert test kit say its low like 0 lol unless im doing it wrong which would be hard with those instructions, and the frozen food comes like the one u buy in bulk kathy only my pack is zip lock size.

 

[THEDLO]

nitrates only chief. phose is 0 or .03 whatever lol the vile remains clear. like i said i dont get any of the nuisance algaes.

 

[Wes]

The salifert phosphate test is pretty much worthless. It always reads 0. It is not low range enough. Anything greater than 0.05 is high but the salifert kit will always read 0 at that level. It's not "low range" enough.


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