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07-10-2007, 08:40 PM
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 fish hermits snails and no readings..  So I have a clown a nassarius snail 2 turbos and 2 hermits for about 5-6 days.. shouldnt I have seen a rise in something even a little bit.. at least amonia? What are the chances of that not even showing up yet?
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07-10-2007, 08:42 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. Could be in the clear. What brand tests are you using?
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07-10-2007, 08:49 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. API and Red Sea reeflab there are two.. i'll test for the rest of the week making no changes at all and see where im at. I just thought maybe i was doing something wrong.. But if you look at my other post you could see that my regimen is normal (barring the fact that I added too much livestock at one point)
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07-10-2007, 08:51 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. Could be your tests. I don't know anything about Red Sea Reeflab. I used API once, and my readings were off. I use salifert. Or maybe you are in the clear?
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07-10-2007, 08:54 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. I would love to believe that my friend, I really would,but from what I have read it seems almost impossible.. I got cured rock from my lfs and live sand from the bag.. there was im sure some die off. but with the ammonia and 2 daily feedings there should definatley be some Ammonia and such.
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07-10-2007, 08:56 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. OK, well then this is simple. You can try another test kit and see if you get different results or maybe ask your LFS if they would run a test.
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07-10-2007, 08:58 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. The reeflab was about 30 something dollars.. it tests No3 PO4 Ca, here is the link to it.. Red Sea Reef Lab When you say way off for API how far off were you? The way I see it is if there are any ammounts of ammonia in your water it should show up as a different color at some point right even after a bunch of tests.
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07-10-2007, 08:59 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. great idea!!! :duh:, on my part:
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07-10-2007, 09:15 PM
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07-10-2007, 09:19 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. Half of the API tests did not have chemicals that dissolved properly. But for the ones that did: NO3 60~ppm vs salifert's 25ppm. Lot less work to fix and less freaking out.
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07-10-2007, 10:00 PM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. Okay, sometime this weekend or sooner I'll swing into my local and see what they read. Thanks for the advice That I shoud have thought about doing. In the words of the GREAT Homer Simpson DOH Doh Doh MMMmmMMmmmm Ammoniaeeee BTW Becky, I love your Sig.. Sounds like my Fiance (sp?) Future wife.. or as I refer her as Future Wiff
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07-11-2007, 02:41 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. Hey I had kinda the same thing going on for quite some time about 3 weeks. I use the API master test kit and had perfect readings the whole time so i took a sample to the LFS and they said it was cool so i bought fish that moment and havent had an issue yet no losses and now i can see changes after the tank has been running about 3 months now |
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07-11-2007, 08:12 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. When you say changes, what are you seeing? You starting to see Algae? and
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07-11-2007, 11:14 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. I use the salifert kits as well. I have used red sea a coralife in the past with much varying results. Saltwaterfish.com has the salifert kits and they are very reasonable. Let me ask you: you put all these specimens in a brand new tank? Is there LR in the tank? And can someone teach kh6sat how to post?
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07-11-2007, 11:19 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. lol for the Kh6 comment... yes in the tank and yes its about 13 days old.. i got it on the 30th. I have LR and LS 30 lbs of LS and 30-32 lbs of LR
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07-11-2007, 11:19 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. i used the red sea labs and they are good but after a while they go bad. |
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07-11-2007, 11:40 AM
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| Re: fish hermits snails and no readings.. ok, i have api and red sea.. red sea is brand new as well as the API, they both tell me the same thing. so i will go to my lfs and see what they give me.
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