URGENT! Please Help!

[successnowhere]

Hi my dear friend,

Last wednesday due to me accidentially off the power supply for my 2 ft marine tank external filter, 2nd day, all my fishes dead

Corals manage to save. I did do 2 times 30% water change for the past 6 days, but NO3 still very high 180ppm, NO2 Zero.

How to drop the NO3 ?

Tks

[TayHongSiang]

Hi my dear friend,

Last wednesday due to me accidentially off the power supply for my 2 ft marine tank external filter, 2nd day, all my fishes dead

Corals manage to save. I did do 2 times 30% water change for the past 6 days, but NO3 still very high 180ppm, NO2 Zero.

How to drop the NO3 ?

Tks

Hmm...you do not have a skimmer running.

Obviously, the dead the fishes have caused a NO3 spike...You can purchase nitrate reducing medium, put them inside a filter bag and put them into the tank.

There is a 24hrs LFS at clementi, blk 328, sells every damn thing you can find to help you...near to botak jones..can have supper there.

[johntanjm]

If no LS, do a 90% water change. let it run one day, test again, if still high, perform another 90% water change. costly in terms of salt and time, NO3 is one of the hardest parameters to manage.

[successnowhere]

Hi AhSiang, Tks for your fast reply, today I just invest myself for a Tunze 9002 Skimmer, working fine now for the past 3hrs

Passby Jiren Marine Shop today, the lady boss recommended me to use Nitrate Blocked(media in a bag) to put in the tank, don't

know should I buy and try or not ?

My corls ok leh

[TayHongSiang]

Hi AhSiang, Tks for your fast reply, today I just invest myself for a Tunze 9002 Skimmer, working fine now for the past 3hrs

Passby Jiren Marine Shop today, the lady boss recommended me to use Nitrate Blocked(media in a bag) to put in the tank, don't

know should I buy and try or not ?

My corls ok leh

Ohh..lady boss that shows her longkao everytime...haha

You should get it...coz the media will absorb the nutrients. Softies like mushies dun mind high nutrients level...but brown algae and this red hair algae will sprout.

[successnowhere]

My 2ft tank now got mainly soft corals but me itchy hand added in 1 maron crown fish, 1 blue tank, 2 seahorse, 1 boxer shrimp and 2 cleaner shrimps

[yikai]

Ohh..lady boss that shows her longkao everytime...haha

You should get it...coz the media will absorb the nutrients. Softies like mushies dun mind high nutrients level...but brown algae and this red hair algae will sprout.

eh..when u say longkao...u mean THAT longkao!? if so, u very cheekopeh LOL!!!

[TayHongSiang]

eh..when u say longkao...u mean THAT longkao!? if so, u very cheekopeh LOL!!!

lol...i not so hum sap la...its the way the lady boss dress you can't help it.

[successnowhere]

The price quite ex leh, but alot of nice corals there...

Get the 'tree' and the hard coral behind the sun corals(don't know the name of the coral) from her on Sunday.

Btw my suncorals have been in my tank for 2days but still not open leh???

[yikai]

The price quite ex leh, but alot of nice corals there...

Get the 'tree' and the hard coral behind the sun corals(don't know the name of the coral) from her on Sunday.

Btw my suncorals have been in my tank for 2days but still not open leh???

they dun open in the morning. u need to train them to do that. try checking on it at night (: it should be in it's full glory. remember to feed ur sun coral!

[successnowhere]

Tks for all the lovely suggestion.

Kindly advise what coral food(prefer in bottle form) suitable for my tank ?

Currently I am using Kent lodine & Marine de luxe

[yikai]

Tks for all the lovely suggestion.

Kindly advise what coral food(prefer in bottle form) suitable for my tank ?

Currently I am using Kent lodine & Marine de luxe

u can go to marinelife which is very near jirh. at hong leong gardens. get the frozen henry's reef gourmet from henry. his food is suitable for everything. ur sun coral will open up nicely when u throw that food into the tank (: bottle food u can try the 5 in 1 coral food can buy from AM. that one is more suitable for mushroom corals. ur goniopora and sun coral will not be able to benefit from those. too small the food

you might want to monitor ur boxer shrimp and ur cleaner shrimps together. boxer shrimps can get quite aggressive and MAY kill ur cleanershrimp. just pay attention for the mean time. if u see ur boxer shrimp attacking ur cleanershrimp, separate them.

[raydiative]

u can go to marinelife which is very near jirh. at hong leong gardens. get the frozen henry's reef gourmet from henry. his food is suitable for everything. ur sun coral will open up nicely when u throw that food into the tank (: bottle food u can try the 5 in 1 coral food can buy from AM. that one is more suitable for mushroom corals. ur goniopora and sun coral will not be able to benefit from those. too small the food

you might want to monitor ur boxer shrimp and ur cleaner shrimps together. boxer shrimps can get quite aggressive and MAY kill ur cleanershrimp. just pay attention for the mean time. if u see ur boxer shrimp attacking ur cleanershrimp, separate them.

agree with henry's gourmet... my black sun did not open much for weeks.. the moment i first tried henry's gourmet, they open up within 10 minutes! =]

[successnowhere]

Which coral in my tank is 'Goniopora' ? Btw what is the name of the coral behind my sun coral?

Tks

[mopiko]

lol...i not so hum sap la...its the way the lady boss dress you can't help it.

is the longkang fake?

[yikai]

hi, goniopora is the one on the botttom right. the flowery looking one. the one behind ur suncoral is think its called a fire coral.

[RockyBoy]

Which coral in my tank is 'Goniopora' ? Btw what is the name of the coral behind my sun coral?

Tks

Right most.

[albinosage]

lol...i not so hum sap la...its the way the lady boss dress you can't help it.

Tsk tsk.... This week, they gonna get a sudden surge of customers and they will wonder why

[successnowhere]

My fire coral don't open lo. Is it like that ???

[yikai]

My fire coral don't open lo. Is it like that ???

yes

[iskay]

Tsk tsk.... This week, they gonna get a sudden surge of customers and they will wonder why

All you longkao window shoppers.... keep it discrete... LOL

[Thexder]

All you longkao window shoppers.... keep it discrete... LOL

Don't be so desperado... go Geylang a lot more better things to see

[successnowhere]

Yestday I change the tank water for the 3rd time(30% everytime), NO3 still at the peak ,

Henry(MarineLife) tell me to be patient, every 3 days change water and add in Bacterial

Builder Powder from him, slowly NO3 will down...

Shall I change the filter media from my Ehiem External filter? I just change the poly filter

for less than 2mths.

[yikai]

Yestday I change the tank water for the 3rd time(30% everytime), NO3 still at the peak ,

Henry(MarineLife) tell me to be patient, every 3 days change water and add in Bacterial

Builder Powder from him, slowly NO3 will down...

Shall I change the filter media from my Ehiem External filter? I just change the poly filter

for less than 2mths.

2 months? yes do change it.

[successnowhere]

Do I really need to put those Nitrate Blocked into the filter media? Is it fast and effective?

Not cheap loh, cost more than $50 in Jiren shop.