Duke Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Ca 320 KH 6 Phosphate 0.25 Mg 1080 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0.1 Ammonia 0 Ph 8.1 I have some green alge growing in the tank especially on the new rock and glass. Not a lot. A build up on the sand which is expected as it is the nice white stuff. 2x weeks and no water change at this time and are hoping to get the Ca reactor running this weekend with mg chips also. Where should I start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 what's in the tank? The phosphate seems really high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 A few bits of un cured rock along with all my old rock which is mostly in the sump. Corals and fish. I am feeding quite heavy as I want my powder blue to gain weight. But no more than normal and same amount everyday. I have lost a couple of fish in the move which won't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Slow down on the feeding a bit and use NORI for the powder blue. They can survive on that if they have to. You need to get the mag and Ca levels up and the KH too. Chlorides plus baking soda will get them up in 2 days. Dont add any more fish or coral for at least 2 months. You need to let the Live rock build up its bacterial population first. Prodibio "Biodigest" will speed this up. PM Reef, he can tell you where to get some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 how many fish? How many litres? What skimmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Maybe a good water change, look into some po4 remover as this seems quite high Get your mg up and then your kh and ca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 if you have nitrites then surely it's still cycling. give it time but do continue with regular water changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Like yourself Duke, I put some uncured rock into my tank recently when I set up the new one. Actually it was 6 kg dry uncured rock, added to the approximately 20 kg existing cured rock. I thought I could wind up the zeovit & deal with the extra nutrients, but in fact there were some problems. I still have a phosphate & nitrate problem, nitrate is around 10 ( used to be zero ), and phosphate is around 0.10, used to be around 0.02 ( hanna ). Phosphate when i initially set up the tank was much higher, at around 0.70 but dropped fairly quickly to 0.10, but i have not been able to get it lower. Not sure if this is still a residual effect from the uncured rock, or it may be I have set the zeovit reactor up a non standard way, I thought it was clever but it may be a mistake. Or it may be something else, I don't know. Also, simply setting up the new tank can upset things and cause some problems. Anyhow, be interested to hear how you go. For me, I'm hoping phosphate will sort itself out, but it has not shifted for several weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 prodibio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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