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Has anyone seen extremely high lithium levels on their ICP tests that uses Red Sea blue bucket salt? I probably should send a clean sample of the salt mix for icp testing but I have seen my lithium levels growing up to a pretty insane level over the last few months. My acros are doing alright...

Hello I’ve been cycling my 40 gallon tank for more than 2 weeks. My ammonia has been around 0.25 for the past few days while my nitrite has been 0. My nitrates is 2.5 and it’s slowly going up 0.1-0.3 everyday. Is my tank ready for fish and should I do a water change?

So as the title says I did about a 20% (5 gallons) water change last Sunday and tested nitrates on Monday. They came out around 13.9ppm which was very surprising because that was slightly higher than they were before the water change. I left it at that for a few days and tested again and came...

Hi there! I’ve had a 30G (110l) freshwater tank for more than five years but am thinking of converting it to a saltwater tank once my last fish passes away. My dream is to have a tank with two clownfish, one or two yellow tail damsel, and a cleaning crew. I would be okay not adding the damsels...

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Hey team, New here, and after years of dancing around it, I taking the plunge into the saltwater/reef game. I’ve kept and bred freshwater for years, including wild discus and other delicate species. As far as the tank, leaning towards a Red Sea reefer or something similarly equipped with...

I'm about to do my very first ICP test (Fauna Marin) and send it over to ol' Deutschland soon. I'm wondering when you take your samples for the test? I'm recovering from a massive hair algae bloom which cratered my nutrients, and I've been doing more than the usual amount of water changes just...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a balling method to improve the stability of my aquarium's parameters, but the recommendations suggest balancing the parameters before starting with balling through water changes or other products. I'd like to know what products or methods I could use to...

Hello all. I have been keeping my reef tank for about 5 months now. I do not have room in my house to mix my own water so I purchased (4x) five gallon jugs to do weekly water changes. I have been purchasing water from my LFS but after 5 months of using these clear jugs they have gotten...

Has anyone setup a ATO container/saltwater mixing station over there tank. I live in a single story townhouse but I have lofts in every room. I’m debating putting my mixing station (2x35gallon containers) in the loft area above the tank. Has anyone ever had a setup like this? I’m nervous of a...

Hello, so I went through a loss in my family and work stress. So i did the bair minimum for my new tank it is a 525 red sea ( had sand water and dry rock in it pump heater powerheads). Dr Tim's fishless way. I have a 75 gallon I am planing to transfer over to the red sea tank. I did add a lot ro...

Now that Neptune has a quiet DOS system, I'm reinvestigating doing continuous water changes throughout the week. I have a tank of saltwater that supplies one DOS head to add water to the tank and I have the other DOS head pumping water from the tank straight into a sink drain. They work at...

Haven't done a water change on my tank for a long time, only relying on red sea no pox for nitrate and phosphate control, last I checked I had 40ppm in nitrate and 0.4ppm in phosphate. Would I do water changes for my tank and if so how often? also my parameters are pretty stable but will the...

Total newbie. Well cycled tank has just had its first fish. Lots of pre-research done but when into it, it turns out that concern sets in and I forget what I've read! Ammonia was 0 for first little while (PH, Nitrite and Nitrate all good) but ammonia has now crept up to 0.25ppm ish. Am I in...

What Corals do you have in your tank that are the first to indicate your parameters are getting out of whack. For my it's my mystic sunset monti. As soon as phosphates start to rise or things get off a little it starts to retract polyps and the color starts to fade.

I purchased a tank off of Facebook marketplace. I was understood it to be a cycled tank. But when purchased I was only given 5 gallons of the water. There for I made all new water. I know my tank is acting a little funny and not opening up like it should. I bought the regular test kits and all...

Hello, For the past 2 days my water has been very cloudy out of no where. All my turbo snails have become very lethargic and are exposing themselves out there shells. I did water tests and have the following. NH3/NH4: .08ppm Nitrates: 0 Nitrites: 0 Alk: 9.1 Ph: 8.0 Temp: 78 Everything else in...

So.....I drilled my tank, 2 over flows (only one in the photo) a centre return, but got trigger happy with the drill and added a 1/2 inch drainage bulkhead to make water changes easier! Which is the one at the bottom of the tank with strainer. Im now a little worried that this was a bad idea...

Hi All, I am currently using red sea blue bucket to reach 35 ppt salinity. I dose the 3 part aquaforest components now for my display tank. After mixing, the desired range of calcium, magnesium and alkalinity are not where I want them to be. Is it common to adjust parameters after mixing...

Below is my chart of my parameters I have been documenting for the past month. I am struggling with nitrate levels. I am feeding twice a day with Brine/Mysis shrimp and doing lower percentage water changes. Also I believe I am having a Cyano outbreak right now? See video below. Should I be...

Anyone else feel hugely successful when they do a water change and everything seems happy and healthy? I’ve done so many at this point it’s almost second nature but every time I add new water I made I always get a little nervous!!

At my current rate of consumption (1.2% water change per day) I use up my clean salt water from my mixing station in about 40days. I usually run the cycle three times so ~120days before I pull out the mixing pump, hoses, etc and flush out any precipitates and sterilize everything including...

I recently started my first reef tank. We went with a 75 gallon tank and went with the Fluval Fx6 canister filter. We currently have 7 clownfish and about 30 pounds of live rock, as well as 70 pounds of sand. I am completely new to the reef world and am starting from the advice of my local fish...

Hi Everyone, The cycle is done on my tank. I've been using Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride Solution in combination with Instant Ocean Bio Spira and MicroBacter 7. I've been following Dr Tim's Guide To Fishless Cycling. According to the schedule from Dr. TIm's I shouldn't perform a water change...