[migget]

hey all, new to these forums been talking for about 2-3 days now. ive gotten some good advice but i thought i would throw something else out there to get some feed back.

I got a 30 gal reef tank, dia's are 30"x18"x12", i believe, lol, wow i forget my own dia's, anyhoo this weekend i got some more coral, and a fire shrimp and a barlett anthias. also some algae for my refugium and some LS to add in tht as well, ( i got about 4-5" of depth in there). b4 the change my lvl in the tank were all normal other then a diatom outbreak which i got but got tht in control with some algone my wife got online. well, these last few days have been kinda werid witht he tank going from a PH of 8.8 to nitrate of 40-80+, when b4 the weekend i was always at or close to 0. my amonia and nitrite are still 0. i chked my KH thinking it might be tht but tht is at 10, and i read 8-12 is normal. My clacium is 460ppm and i was told tht is about right for my size tank.

I jsut cant seem to get the Ph and nitrate down, i was wondering if it is jsut form the shock of adding all the new stuff and i should wait for the tank to cycle a lil more and keep up with my water changes like i have been? Or is something tht i might be adding r doing wrong. I though it could be all the corals i added but the seem do be doing great witht he accetuon of my blue acorada which hasnt come out i guess u could say.
If u can think of anything, O BTW ive had my tank set up for about 2+ months and had 4 fish , a torch coral, and some mushroom in b4 this weekend and everything was growing and stuff, no issues.s

[pogodzib]

It is probably being caused by the Algone and new LS that you just added. I would stop using the Algone and do a water change. If the LS had any dead matter in it, it could cause your nitrates to rise.

[arm0124]

might be the water your using. is it ro water or tap water

[migget]

i only us RO, tap water has to much crap in it for saltwater application, but ty. yes i did take out the algone and did a water change last night. havnt tested the water yet due to being at work but ill try those things, and yes there was dead matter inthe LS i believe from the waater change lsst night. Had a bunch f lil particals come out int he main tank when i turned the pumps back on. ILl keep on it and ty for the addvice.