tomek77pl
Member
Hi Reefers,
Reef tank is approaching a year but recently ran into a problem. I Usually test Alk,Cal & Mag 1-2 times a month, and judge my phospahtes levels by algae. Last week I came home to a dead fish, and pissed off corals. Did 4 10 Gallon water changes in case some toxin got into the water, but the issue was still there. I finally decided to double check my test kits with a store and my ammonia came in a 1ish, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate were 0 ( all API tsts). I was told that my tank is cycling again, so this leads me to my question. What should I do? there are no fish in the tank, just 2 shrimps, crabs, urchin and clean up crew. Some corals look ok, but I definitely lost some colors in the acros ,but My refugium is growing cheato like crazy. Should I preform more water changes or wait out until the cycle is over? The real kicker is that I leave for vacation in 4 days ( gone for a month). Should I give away the inverts and hope the corals make it through?
78 degrees
Alk - 9 dkh
Cal - 445
Mag -1400
1.026
Reef tank is approaching a year but recently ran into a problem. I Usually test Alk,Cal & Mag 1-2 times a month, and judge my phospahtes levels by algae. Last week I came home to a dead fish, and pissed off corals. Did 4 10 Gallon water changes in case some toxin got into the water, but the issue was still there. I finally decided to double check my test kits with a store and my ammonia came in a 1ish, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate were 0 ( all API tsts). I was told that my tank is cycling again, so this leads me to my question. What should I do? there are no fish in the tank, just 2 shrimps, crabs, urchin and clean up crew. Some corals look ok, but I definitely lost some colors in the acros ,but My refugium is growing cheato like crazy. Should I preform more water changes or wait out until the cycle is over? The real kicker is that I leave for vacation in 4 days ( gone for a month). Should I give away the inverts and hope the corals make it through?
78 degrees
Alk - 9 dkh
Cal - 445
Mag -1400
1.026