Origami April 28, 2011 Share April 28, 2011 Good to know - for two reasons. First, the ammonia reading that you're getting in the tank is not coming from your change water. And, second, your test kit is able to read 0. My guess is that the low level of ammonia you're seeing is probably due to the recent livestock addition, then. It'll settle out soon, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 28, 2011 Author Share April 28, 2011 Love my tank thanks tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 28, 2011 Author Share April 28, 2011 what is a swabbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 28, 2011 Share April 28, 2011 what is a swabbie http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/proteinskimmers/SWABBIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 29, 2011 Author Share April 29, 2011 I see neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 29, 2011 Author Share April 29, 2011 looks like the copeds have found there way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 29, 2011 Share April 29, 2011 I don't see copepods, but they're pretty small so I may just be missing them. I do see diatoms starting. It's normal when starting out a new tank. I see, though, that you attached a 1.x MB jpeg to your post. I'll let you know that we have very limited space in each account to post pictures directly in posts like this. A better way is to either start a WAMAS gallery and link to the image in the gallery, or to upload to photobucket (or some other image hosting site) and insert their IMG code into your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 29, 2011 Author Share April 29, 2011 got it thanks I was thinking the little holes in the sand would be there caves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 29, 2011 Share April 29, 2011 Could be - could be worms, too. Get a good magnifying glass. You'll be absolutely amazed at the life in the sandbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 29, 2011 Author Share April 29, 2011 i have seen one worm on the glass in the sand last weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills April 30, 2011 Author Share April 30, 2011 Some of my live rock has yellow spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 2, 2011 Author Share May 2, 2011 Readings before 10% water change yesterday. amm 0-.25 nit. 0.1 Trat 2.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 3, 2011 Author Share May 3, 2011 Lost 1 damsel last night amm .25-.5 nit. .2 Tray 2.5 ph 8.6 mag 1000 alk 3.0 Cal 450 temp 77 sal 1.027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 3, 2011 Share May 3, 2011 Did you see symptoms? Rapid breathing? Do a 50% water change if you've got water standing by (it's always a good idea to have some standing by) since your ammonia levels are up. I'm not sure why your ammonia level is climbing unless there was too much bioload added at once, because the fish was dead in the tank for some time before removal, or overfeeding, but do the water change and slow up on the feeding for a couple of days. Are you feeding flake or pelleted food? What kind of mechanical filtration is there in the nanocube? Could food be getting washed into and trapped in some mechanical filtration (like filter floss) and decaying there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 3, 2011 Author Share May 3, 2011 One of the bigger damsels has been chacing all four around since day one. The dead fish has been swimming down the back of the tank head facing down for a week with another damsel. Once dead he wasnt in the tank for long. I say him go under a rock and lay on the sand. I am feed frozen food fish and coral 1/2 cube brown and 1/2 cube green once a day. Yes there are two flosses white and black and carbon at the bottom in my filtration i have been cleanning it out 1 time a week. Some of the food is probably getting trapped in the top floss but i clean it every other day. I have not set up my water station yet. I have 5 gallons mixed and am worikng on 5 more today. The two day airation mix time is killing me. I am mixing with two 1200 power heads Thanks Tom for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 3, 2011 Share May 3, 2011 Some damsels can be aggressive. That's likely what happened here. It sure sounds like a lot of food, though, that you're feeding. 1 cube a day for four small fish. I'll sometimes do frozen, and when I do, I'll feed 3 cubes or so for a 180 gallon display with something like 14 larger fish in it (I've lost count). I recommend that, at the very least, you thaw and rinse the food before introducing it in the tank. Also, cut back on how much you feed. Give light feedings once, maybe twice a day - no more than they can eat in about 90 seconds to 2 minutes. Remove any leftovers if they don't get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 3, 2011 Author Share May 3, 2011 Ok i will cut back on the food. I take some tank water out and just put the food in it to thaw but didn't rise, how do you rinse the food? Should i take out the aggressive fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 3, 2011 Share May 3, 2011 After it's thawed, strain it through a net. I'll often use a brine shrimp net for this (when I do it) but any net small enough to drain away the liquid and keep the solids will work fine. If the fish are getting along now, see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 3, 2011 Author Share May 3, 2011 ok before i remove the boss i will try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 4, 2011 Author Share May 4, 2011 I saw a star on my glass almost ran over him with magnaflot. Cool cool cool. Came from live rock or cup of sand at f&f. Thanks sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 4, 2011 Share May 4, 2011 If it was tiny and almost clear, it was probably a hydroid jelly. You see them in new tanks when they show up on the glass. They'll disappear as the tank matures over the next few months. Scroll down about halfway down this pageand see if this is what you saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 4, 2011 Author Share May 4, 2011 I took a pictures I will post tomorrow. After I figure out where to post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt bills May 5, 2011 Author Share May 5, 2011 http://www.wamas.org/forums/gallery/image/10865-star-or-jelly/ it is a light color like yellow with five legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 5, 2011 Share May 5, 2011 It looks like an Asterina star from the silhouette. I'm not crazy about them. There are mixed reports of their being coral predators. Some have no problems with them. Others have had problems with them, mostly with zoanthids. Even some here, once in the "no problem here" camp, have converted to the "I'm having a problem with them" camp. http://www.garf.org/STAR/starfish.shtml This is the original story about them that I read that labeled them predatory. Google "asterina star zoanthid" to see other stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami May 5, 2011 Share May 5, 2011 In low numbers, I just pluck them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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