Before I get on you, and I am, WELCOME TO MAAST!!! I think you are in the same boat I was once in. I started out listening to one person who I thought knew about saltwater aquariums and I did not know about maast or any other online forums. Well this guy told me I could do a bunch of stuff inside my 37 gallon eclipse w/o a skimmer and more powerful lights. Long story short, I lost a lot of fish, corals, and money. But then I found maast and you have too so there is help! Now I need to get on you.
That is very bad. I do not test all the time but you should test all parameters at least monthly and when you see something is acting up. Not one person on this site can help you if we do not know more about you system and your water parameters. Right now all I know is your tank size and fish load. Changing bulbs as stated above can help but after your last post I doubt that is the problem. You must answer these questions to get the best help.Originally Posted by jvl1974
Tank Equipment:
Lights? How many power compacts? How many watts?
Skimmer? Y/N? If yes, what size?
Sump? If yes, what size?
Refugium? If yes, what size?
What do you use for water movement? Powerheads? What size? How many?
Do you use additives or chemical media? Carbon? Phosguard?
Now we have to know the following current water parameters:
Nitrate
Nitrite
Ammonia
Ph
Phosphate
It would also be good to know your Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium levels but those are not nearly as important.
That is very bad. The most a tank should go is 1 month and the water changes need to be much larger percent. More like 25% min. In a small tank they need to be more often. Knowing this I bet when you test you will find your water parameters to be off, probably way off. One of the better tips I was given is that you can never to a water change too large or too often (as long as the new water is the same salinity and temperature).
Good new is that we are here to help you.
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