New Tank Syndrome?

[Chris5]

Transfered frrom a 30g to a 65g about 2 weeks ago, for the past 2 days am going through what hopefully is a mini cycle but dont really know whats goin on ....everything in the tank was well, and is still well except now for the corals which are on day 2 of not coming out (except the capenalla from the frag which is getting bigger by the day....have mostly leathers and mushrooms, but whats the deal here....

tell tale sign i am seeing here is brown cyano on the sand bed....but did a water change last night 20% ......

 

[Deanos]

What are your ammonia and nitrite levels? Those will tell you if you're having a mini-cycle.

 

[Chris5]

Water Parameters

What are your ammonia and nitrite levels? Those will tell you if you're having a mini-cycle.

The weird thing is my water parameters are nothing out of the ordinary ....
Nitrate almost 10 ppm
Nitrite 0
amonia fine...

what can i do, i feel as if something is not right, even the star fish i have (sand sifter doesnt look good, fish look fine though) ...

 

[Josh]

Nitrate 10ppm?

 

[Reefer420]

maybe some equipment leaking stray voltage into the system?

 

[Chris5]

Amonia Spike

whatever the prefix is after the nitrate ....but its not high almost 0 ...i think i may have an amonia spike going on though .....need a new skimmer and maybe the lack of rocks? i have enough rocks to fill my old tank about 30-35lbs but prob not enough for th 65G

 

[ulmo]

Chris,

What are you running for filtration besides the rock? If it's just rock, then you need more . Did you check pH or alkalinity?

 

[Chris5]

Re:

PH and ALk are fine right now, i am running a normal tank (LR, LSand, sump, but using my old skimmer from my 30g which can maintain up to a 55 or so.....getting the new one friday which can do up to a 150g......if its not a minor amn spike than i am out of answers......

 

[Tonyscoots84]

that brown stuff you see is deitrus i think that how you spell it.. just get a sand sifting goby he'll clean that crap up right away. hehe mine did.

 

[Chris5]

Sand Sifter

that brown stuff you see is deitrus i think that how you spell it.. just get a sand sifting goby he'll clean that crap up right away. hehe mine did.

Whats a good sand sifter goby that will not be afraid of bigger fish?

 

[inkblue]

i got one at Fish Town that's a pretty good size ? 1.5" he doesnt seem phased by the bigger fishes... doNot know its name :irked: :sigh1: $8.99

 

[Chris5]

Goby

i got one at Fish Town that's a pretty good size ? 1.5" he doesnt seem phased by the bigger fishes... doNot know its name :irked: :sigh1: $8.99

I had a four wheel drive goby once he didnt an amazing job but there hard to come by, cant find them anywhere....also known as the signal goby....

 

[inkblue]

that lookS cooL... if you find one, let me know... mine looks kinda like that without the colors, but he gobbles up graVel and spits it out. toDay i gueSs he couldnt resist the mysis and ate that too :approve:

 

[Nsr250NYC]

chris, what kind of skimmer are you getting? i have a new berlin turbo if you're interested.

 

[Chris5]

Skimmer

chris, what kind of skimmer are you getting? i have a new berlin turbo if you're interested.

Thanks for the interest but i just got one from KuyaMark...otherwise i would have taken it....

 

[beyondnp]

grab a good size blennie or goby from FT... they had some cheap ones their this wknd or I am sure Ronin (Deepwater) could order one for you.