Holy fluctuation

[secretweapons22]

The sand bed and rock are going on 3 months, new tank. I didnt think that the PH would swing as much with a refuguim with lights on it. And for flow I have 2 mag 12, so I am guessing a minimum of 1800-2000 gal per hr. I dont think that it is all that heavily stocked as of now, they are all relatively small, 5in body on lion and maybe 12 in eel.

[Bill S]

Water changes, water changes, water changes.

How many snails was it? And where did they come from?

[secretweapons22]

Ha, it was about 150 Nassarius Ilyanassa Obsoleta, from a guy i know from the army, his wife was suppose to mail them to me, and unknown to him, she left them out and mailed them to me in a box without any insulation.

[secretweapons22]

Well thanks to all the input, went to the store got some stuff to try to help, and did another 20gal water change, Ill do another when I get enough RO water.

[brewercm]

Well thanks to all the input, went to the store got some stuff to try to help, and did another 20gal water change, Ill do another when I get enough RO water.

Just curious what "stuff" did they sell you to cure all your ills. I'd stick with the water changes and run carbon to help remove as much ammonia as possible. Too many other chemicals being added may do you more harm than good. Hope it clears out soon for you.

[secretweapons22]

Yea, I got carbon and ammonia lock to help the fishes cope while the carbon did its work...

[secretweapons22]

Well, Levels are slowly going down... I talked to the LFS and they said that my sand might be a little to corse and that I should remove most of it and have a one inch or less sand bed, which I did and the next morning all my levels had dropped down to a safe level. I guess the sand was building up and expelling large amounts of bad stuff into the water.