molloy
11/25/2004, 09:56 AM
I've had my 1st shipment for about 4 weeks and 2nd shipment for 2 weeks. 35 gallon package in a 36 gallon tank.
I followed ammonia, nitrite and nitrate for a while, but once the ammonia dropped and everything else looked good, I started to trust it too much. Everything looks great and 2 damsels and 2 clowns are happy happy. I've only done 1 water change when the ammonia was at it's highest, but it was still in the safe range.
I just got a lawnmower blenny and a pajama cardinal Tuesday night. The pajama cardinal didn't look teriffic, but I've gotten a few cichlids that I rescused from the shelter (LFS) and they are very happy.
In the last week, my anemone started walking around (unhappy) then totally letting go and floating around, shrinking up, getting hugh, shrinking again.... At one point, the base became so long that I was wondering if it was going to split. This morning, the anemone was about 3/4" by 3/4" in a ball. No tentales visible. It looked like it ate itself. I looked for all the fish and found the cardinal on the bottom dead.
Tested the ammonia - almost nothing. Tested Nitrate and it maxed out the chart. Ut oh! Changed 10 gallons of water and got the nitrates to about 80.
I totally started to trust the rock too much. Really dumb mistake. We're not in fresh water world anymore Toto. I haven't tested my FW for a year. Guess I'll be testing the SW from now on!
-Brendan
I followed ammonia, nitrite and nitrate for a while, but once the ammonia dropped and everything else looked good, I started to trust it too much. Everything looks great and 2 damsels and 2 clowns are happy happy. I've only done 1 water change when the ammonia was at it's highest, but it was still in the safe range.
I just got a lawnmower blenny and a pajama cardinal Tuesday night. The pajama cardinal didn't look teriffic, but I've gotten a few cichlids that I rescused from the shelter (LFS) and they are very happy.
In the last week, my anemone started walking around (unhappy) then totally letting go and floating around, shrinking up, getting hugh, shrinking again.... At one point, the base became so long that I was wondering if it was going to split. This morning, the anemone was about 3/4" by 3/4" in a ball. No tentales visible. It looked like it ate itself. I looked for all the fish and found the cardinal on the bottom dead.
Tested the ammonia - almost nothing. Tested Nitrate and it maxed out the chart. Ut oh! Changed 10 gallons of water and got the nitrates to about 80.
I totally started to trust the rock too much. Really dumb mistake. We're not in fresh water world anymore Toto. I haven't tested my FW for a year. Guess I'll be testing the SW from now on!
-Brendan