Water help....

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  1. MoonChaser

    MoonChaser Aiptasia Anemone

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    So, today when I left for work I noticed the water was a little cloudy, but figured that was from turning on the light, waking up the fish and feeding. Now tonight is it still cloudy and my zoas have started to halfway close up. I thought it was from the snail trying to overrun them, but I moved the snail and they are still closed.

    Tests are as follows:
    Salinity: 1.026 ( a little high)
    PH: 8.0
    Ammonia: between 0ppm and .25ppm
    Nitrate: 0ppm
    Nitrite: between 0ppm and .25ppm

    Any suggestions.....
     
    MoonChaser, Mar 10, 2010
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  2. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Maybe it's dirty. I see you have a bit of ammonia, that's not good.
     
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  3. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    PH is low, and you're tank seems to look like its starting its cycle. lol.
     
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  4. MoonChaser

    MoonChaser Aiptasia Anemone

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    bump... any one else? the zoas did fully open just before i turned the lights off so i may be overreacting a bit...
     
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  5. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Well, ammonia and nitrite are very dangerous to fish. If your tank is cycled, you should do a water change.
     
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  6. ReefWizard

    ReefWizard Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Calcium, magnesium, alkalinity? If you don't have these three balanced, you will get calcium participation called "snow".
     
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  7. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    what are you testing with? that's quite a range for something that needs to be very specific.
     
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  8. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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    Agreed
     
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  9. patrick824

    patrick824 Montipora Digitata

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    do you have a wrasse? maybe he got super excited and dug a bunch, stirred things up, causing detrius to float around causing youe ammonia nitrite issues
     
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  10. MoonChaser

    MoonChaser Aiptasia Anemone

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    I'm testing with a kit... API kit to be exact. Yes, I have a 6-line wrasse.
    All of my fish seem to be just fine... swimming around, eating, not looking sick.

    I cannot do a hardness test as I have the kit, but no card in it :)( ) and I don't have a magnesium test either. My phosphates are reading at 0ppm as well
     
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