Ok so I get the feeling I'm running into a little problem here, In one day I have had a significant increase in algea. A very sudden drop in PH Salinity and nitrites went up a bit.
Up until this point the only drastic thing that has happened is that we had a little accident with the fuge overspilling a little due to the expansion of some cotton pads I put in the fuge that cuased it to stop the water flow back into the display tank. When I realized this I immediately turned everything off including lights and pumps.
After I cleaned up the mess i thought I plugged everything in but I didn't. I forgot to plug my flow pumps and heater so I only had the light running.
Can someone give me advice as to how my PH salinity have gone down.
The tank has only been filled with pre mixed water by the pet store and here are my params.
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My salinity is a 1.022 tested with a hydrometer.
Here is what the tank looks like from one day to another.
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I run the lights from about 6:30 am to 9 PM at night as there is no one in my house to turn them on after I leave and I get home late.
Please help I'm trying to start off on the right foot. Should I do a water change or should I get PH buffer.