Hello from LI, NY

Hello all. I am very new to the saltwater fish community so please bare with me. Also excuse my terminology being that I'm such a newbie. Lets start with my setup. The tank was recently moved from a friends house to mine. It is a 75 gallon with live rock and sand. It has a filter on the back of the tank, a canister filter, and 2 small filters on either side of the tank. Ph is perfect, salinity is perfect, Nitrite is perfect also, the only thing thats off is the Nitrate. It is incredibly high. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. And secondly I would like to know how to feed the fish. I have been giving them 2 brine shrimp cubes and about 5 silver sods a day, and someone told me that might be my problem with the Nitrate due to overfeeding. Any Information would help thank you

 

Welcome to 3reef! yep ditto way too much food.....how many fish and what kind are they? better post some pics before Luna gets here

how often are you changing your filter media?

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef, sounds like a bit to much food to me i only feed 3 or 4 times a week.

 

I have fed mine twice weekly when my numbers get off. Yeah. You're feeding way too much.

Also, I want actual numbers. Post NH4, NO2, NO3, pH, SG, Temp and whatever other tests you have.

And find out what you have for filters and powerheads. I want to know what kind of skimmer you have. And lighting.

The more information you give us the better we can critique (a nice way of saying tear down) your system (always in a nice way) to help you succeed in this wonderful hobby you have joined us in.

Take advantage of all the information here. I couldn't have done it without these folks. My wife loves them because they have saved me a lot of money. That is why she tolerates me being online sooooooo much!!!!!! Hehehehe

 

Welcome to 3Reef!

 

Welcome to 3reef, I agree with everyone else, way too much food. What do you consider to be really high(No3)? I think that I speak for everyone else here when I say........" got any pics of your set up "? Luna

 

Welcome aboard

 

Welcome! As everyone said, way too much food. I used to feed my fish twice a day and have cut it down to a pinch of tiny pellets in the morning everyday. I would suggest doing a water change to drop the nitrate levels. Nitrates aren't as dangerous as ammonia and nitrite, but you do want to get it under control. Have you changed the carbon in the canister lately?

 

Welcome to 3reef, and yes that is WAY too much food.