I am from India, kolkata, the temperature here is 31 Degree celcius, i have new 29 gallon tank filled with saltwater from last 2 weeks, i have added last week some live rocks from my petshop which he said were cured, after smelling i found very light smell almost nothing, but after adding them in my tank, i have found that my water is stinking whenever i put my hand in the water, my hand stinks badly, but the water is ok when u smell it by putting the nose above the tank. Yesterday my nitrate is 10mg/l, my ammonia test is also 0 , and ph is around 6.5 to 7. No fish is added yet, i have 1 internal filter and 1 powerhead. I have the lights but i am switching them on for 3-4 hrs. every evening. I have changed 20% water today and the bad smell has gone down a bit. . My salinity is 1.022 (earlier it was 1.028 in 32 degree celcius temperature and I am using bottled mineral water and my home Kent RO water purifier.
Plz help what is wrong why my water is stinking. Is my live rock dead. Should i replace more water.
There is no smell in the tank from the last week since i have come back. I think the die offs of rock are gone. Now water is fine with some ocean smell. Last day i scrubbed manually Brown algae from the rocks and stirred the sand a bit. They are beautiful rocks with some deep red algae growing in them as well as purple and green. Water replaced 10%. I do water replacement fortnightly. i.e. twice a month.
Damsel is growing bigger and eating more, doing fine.
Everything is going positive in the tank the rocks the smell the fish. I just need to wait. A bit.
Nobody on this forum (who has read this post from the start) will give you a go ahead on that. You haven't shown any patience, haven't listened to anything we've suggested and you have a tendency to do things on your timetable. I understand why you are asking; because you want us to tell you "yes, add the fish." But we aren't going to do that. I will not endorse you adding a fish until somewhere in January. Period.
this thread is ultimately pointless at this point......the people who are most knowledgable on this topic have spent far too much time trying to help you to no avail.....after everything, here you are zatimi, once again asking about adding fish......it does not matter if your damsel is doing great and the smell is gone. unless you want to waste more money on more fish that will probably not make it....then by all means go a head....but not with the approval of anyone here. Like i said before, i know nothing about properly maintaining a marine aquarium....if i have learned anything from this thread it is how NOT to keep a marine aquarium. You made your first mistake when you decided to go marine without researching. Google is a wonderful thing and can give you lots of useful information right at your finger tips and you ignored it...
What is pointless. Everything is good overhere. i am not adding any fish now. i was just discussing to be in the thread. I am only waiting for the ich to go off. It will be worth the wait i know. Everbody learn from their mistakes. I just added once fish, thats all. Never again i would repeat that.
I am not buying any fishes now, it was just a discussion.
Zaitmi, why do you keep telling everyone about the fish available at your LFS, when it is clear, no one on this forum will agree that you should run and get it (them)
I am actually starting to find this whole thread comical, as you do the complete opposite that everyone tells you and then you write about it??? am starting to wonder if it is intentional?? would be the only explanation I can understand.
Yes you can add those. Your tanks in great shape and can support anything you want it to. How about a mako shark? Add a big shoal of yellow tangs, they would look good. Add some big emperor angelfish and some corals with large polyps too.
Is this just a big, elaborate joke? Please tell me it is..
Thanks everybody. Its fine i will wait. No more additions for the time being. But just dont be rude to me. I am a newbie in this profession.
Okay now for the phosphate, its coming back again slowly on the rocks. I think it will go, it all happend due to top filter running with ceramic rings and zeolite stones though Pasfur warned me but i didnt listen to him at that time. Now i am paying for that. Anyways hope it goes off soon.
What abt my QT? it is running with ceramic rings from top filter and 1 internal filter. How do i know it is ready ? Should i add fish food to keep the bacteria alive? QT is 1 month old. i can see some brown stains in my QT.
Plz help in my QT
Nobody is replying on QT. Why ? I think nobody knows how to keep a QT
Anyways.
Phophate Remover(Paste) installed via top filter and filter floss. Filter floss will be washed everyday as per Pasfur. Last night i read the instruction of Phosphate Remover. It said it works for brown algae, red algae and slime algae as well as Phosphates. Though when i washed the granules they became like a paste so as per instruction i put it inside a cloth bag and inserted in the top filter. The pack says replacement required after 30days.
Well after installing Phosphate Remover the Protein Skimmer is making lots of foam, though still white but a lot. The cup is getting filled every 4 hours. Why ?
After several days of consideration, I believe it is in the best interest of everyone if we lock this thread. The conversation has remained polite, but constructive discussion ended a long time ago and the risk of escalation is high. For this reason, I am locking this thread.
Zaitmi - you are welcome to continuing posting questions. Please start a new thread in the proper section of the forum for any further questions concerning specific issues. If you would like a continuous thread showing pictures and the progress of your tank, you can do that with a Build Thread in the "Saltwater Pictures and Videos" area.
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