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I recently purchased a biocube that has now been running over a month, but seem to have an issue keeping inverts and corals. Let me give you a rundown of my tank.
29 Biocube stock non hqi lighting with new cf's 1 36 watt 10k and 1 atninic.
PH: 8.4
Ammonia:0ppm
Nitrite:0ppm
Nitrate:0ppm
Calcium:420
KH:10
These are the parameters i've checked so far. I have also checked for copper as i thought maybe the tank was used for a qt, which the test came back negative for. I have approx 35lbs of liverock, 20lbs of live arga sand, 2 green chromis, and one true perc. The rock came out of another tank where it had been for almost a year. The sand was new, and a majority of the water was from an up and running tank that had been up for a year. I'm not on city water, so i would guess i used about 10 gallons worth of well water to start the tank(I know i should have used R/O but i was ready to get the mini cycle i knew i was gonna have started and didn't have access to R/O at the time.) Since then i have preformed 2 5 gallon water changes with seasoned tank water and R/O. My smaller hermits have done fine, where as larger hermits, snails, and a couple of easy frags haven't (eagle eye, pink sand star polyps) the only thing i can figure is i didnt condition the water when i added well water and some type of heavy metals iron ect have been toxic to my inverts. I added some conditioner a couple of days ago with no noticable changes. I also just added some phosguard as i thought maybe high phospates from my well water may still have been present. My fish are very healthy and happy, just wanna get a solid cuc and a few of my frags in this tank. 1st time with a cube so any suggestions or help would be appriciated
29 Biocube stock non hqi lighting with new cf's 1 36 watt 10k and 1 atninic.
PH: 8.4
Ammonia:0ppm
Nitrite:0ppm
Nitrate:0ppm
Calcium:420
KH:10
These are the parameters i've checked so far. I have also checked for copper as i thought maybe the tank was used for a qt, which the test came back negative for. I have approx 35lbs of liverock, 20lbs of live arga sand, 2 green chromis, and one true perc. The rock came out of another tank where it had been for almost a year. The sand was new, and a majority of the water was from an up and running tank that had been up for a year. I'm not on city water, so i would guess i used about 10 gallons worth of well water to start the tank(I know i should have used R/O but i was ready to get the mini cycle i knew i was gonna have started and didn't have access to R/O at the time.) Since then i have preformed 2 5 gallon water changes with seasoned tank water and R/O. My smaller hermits have done fine, where as larger hermits, snails, and a couple of easy frags haven't (eagle eye, pink sand star polyps) the only thing i can figure is i didnt condition the water when i added well water and some type of heavy metals iron ect have been toxic to my inverts. I added some conditioner a couple of days ago with no noticable changes. I also just added some phosguard as i thought maybe high phospates from my well water may still have been present. My fish are very healthy and happy, just wanna get a solid cuc and a few of my frags in this tank. 1st time with a cube so any suggestions or help would be appriciated