[Tonz of fun]

So I took a water test today. My refugium sprung a leak so I had to deal with that whole song and dance So I figured I would just take some water to the store and have them test it. SO....here are the results.

Salinity 1.023
Am 0
Nitrites less then 5
Nitrates 25 ish
P.H. 7.0

So what do you think? Tank has been up for 10 days. Started using Half cycle lights yesterday. No skimmer Yayayaya I know

[glampka]

pH is too low - want it around 8.2

[Salt-lick]

Glampka, There you are.. you have been very quiet latley.. Just wanted to let you know my tank is doing well.. thanks for your help.

[Tonz of fun]

Im going to do a nig water change today. Im thinking 10 or 15 gallons. Im not going to go into the sand bed just yet. I think im just going to do a off the top water change. I dont want to get rid of any bacteria that may be starting in my bed. Glampka My P.H. is really around 7.5 I still need to bring it up. Im going to retest after my water change. Our P.H. from the tap is about 8.2-8.4

[Tonz of fun]

Originally Posted by Salt-lick

Glampka, There you are.. you have been very quiet latley.. Just wanted to let you know my tank is doing well.. thanks for your help.

Lets please keep the quality of the threads up and talk about the issue in hand. Messages like this can be private thank you.

[glampka]

Greg,
Don't do a water change until the cycle is complete. If you start now you'll only slow down the cycling process by diluting out the contaminants.

[Tonz of fun]

Originally Posted by glampka

Greg,
Don't do a water change until the cycle is complete. If you start now you'll only slow down the cycling process by diluting out the contaminants.

So wait untile the Nitrites are completly gone and broken down into Nitrates? I thought hmm...they are there so I could take them out.