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Smoking Dragon · 05-27-2009, 06:04 AM

A water quality question:

I set the above mentioned tank up on 2 May 09. On 12 May I did my water test and they were all within limits. I just tested the water again last night, and the water quality was better. The nitrates went down. Is that common?

Here are the stats:

76 degrees
1.020
ammonia 0 ppm
PH 7.8
Nitrate 5.0 ppm
nitrogen 0 ppm

I read that salt water tanks like to be a high PH level, like 8.0 - 8.2. If Freds is happy it's at, do I really need to change it?

Sarge

05-27-2009, 06:04 AM	#2
Smoking Dragon formerly sergeant smoky Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: John Location: Maryland Posts: 648 Trading: (67)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread A water quality question: I set the above mentioned tank up on 2 May 09. On 12 May I did my water test and they were all within limits. I just tested the water again last night, and the water quality was better. The nitrates went down. Is that common? Here are the stats: 76 degrees 1.020 ammonia 0 ppm PH 7.8 Nitrate 5.0 ppm nitrogen 0 ppm I read that salt water tanks like to be a high PH level, like 8.0 - 8.2. If Freds is happy it's at, do I really need to change it? Sarge