NikonSamurai
Reefing newb
My friend game me his tank he's had set up for 2 years. Durring the move we took all the water out except an inch or two in the bottom, putting the coral in 5 gallon buckets with the old reef water. When i set the tank back up i used the old water but did a 5 gallon water change for a 29g biocube. This past month i've had it the PH has continued to drop. I do the weekly water changes but they don't seem to help anymore and my scarlot hermit crabs are dieing off along with polys. So i started added Kent's feef buffer to increase the PH. After doing a full test today (minus calcium) the Ph was less than 8 which would explain why my zoo's are turning mushy/fuzzy and my fish are pecking at the fuzzy ones. Nitrites were almost non existant at .1, nitrates are at 0 amonia is at .1 and alcalinity is at 3.5. the test said alcalinity should not be more than 2.5 and with a low PH consistantly dropping that can only be CO2 concentrated in the water. My friend did not have a skimmer for the tank so i purchased the biocube skimmer with the air stone in the bottom. It will not be here for another week. I don't know if the water is going to hold up that long without adding chemicales. My question is will the small biocube skimmer be enough if the issue is CO2 and is there anything else i can do? how long could this take to clear up? Is the tank cycling all over again? I was thinking about getting a bubbler at walmart to put in the tank to help with airation but i have heard bubbles are bad for the reef? Anything thoughts would be very appreciated.
I was using instant ocean mix until last night when i read online IO is for fish only tanks and how many bad bags people have reported lately. I ordered oceanic this time and a calcium test kit.
I was using instant ocean mix until last night when i read online IO is for fish only tanks and how many bad bags people have reported lately. I ordered oceanic this time and a calcium test kit.