first water test results Thoughts? - Page 2

bertoni · 02/11/2018, 04:12 PM

Trochus snails will eat diatoms, if that's what actually is in the tank. Brown films can be cyanobacteria or dinoflagellates, as well, and it's not always possible to determine what's in the tank without a microscope.

ddckec6972 · 02/11/2018, 04:19 PM

i agree. i believe i got a micro scope in my storage shed if not i may order one to determine just exactly whats in my tank.

ddckec6972 · 02/16/2018, 12:48 AM

ok well, 1 week of water parm's ---- how to track them-------- training session. i swear the hardest part is getting in to this habbit, testing is the easy part. lol anyway heres the water parms of a 5 week old 100g new reef tank, 5-6 h crabs, 1-2 nassarius snails, 2 damsel, Gsp (all pieces are growing now) xenia, zoa, trumpet coral clove polyp . this live stock is two weeks old.

bertoni · 02/16/2018, 08:41 PM

I would avoid large changes in the SG like that. They can induce a lot of stress. I'd target 1.026 as the base. Does the tank have an auto-tipoff system? The other numbers are fine, given standard testing accuracy. I might look into the nitrate level if it continues to climb.

02/11/2018, 04:12 PM	#26
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Trochus snails will eat diatoms, if that's what actually is in the tank. Brown films can be cyanobacteria or dinoflagellates, as well, and it's not always possible to determine what's in the tank without a microscope. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

02/16/2018, 08:41 PM	#29
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I would avoid large changes in the SG like that. They can induce a lot of stress. I'd target 1.026 as the base. Does the tank have an auto-tipoff system? The other numbers are fine, given standard testing accuracy. I might look into the nitrate level if it continues to climb. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

02/11/2018, 04:19 PM	#27
ddckec6972 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 107	i agree. i believe i got a micro scope in my storage shed if not i may order one to determine just exactly whats in my tank.

02/16/2018, 12:48 AM	#28
ddckec6972 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 107	ok well, 1 week of water parm's ---- how to track them-------- training session. i swear the hardest part is getting in to this habbit, testing is the easy part. lol anyway heres the water parms of a 5 week old 100g new reef tank, 5-6 h crabs, 1-2 nassarius snails, 2 damsel, Gsp (all pieces are growing now) xenia, zoa, trumpet coral clove polyp . this live stock is two weeks old.