Setting up a 75 gallon ?

[dlp40]

I think i'm going to go with blue still but fade it. Dark at the bottom and light at the top. My hope is to have it covered with coraline algae eventually, so the color woln't matter too much then.

 

[Heathd]

Keep your phosphates near or at zero and you will have coraline in no time.

 

[dlp40]

That's the plan.

So what is the optimum requirements for a healthy tank, in regaurds to water quality?
My test kit has PH, Ammonia, Nitrates, and Nitrites. From what i'm reading, I should have a phosphate test kit as well. What other things do I need to moniter in a fowler tank, for fish health and coraline growth?

I really apreciate ( spelling) the help heathd.

 

[Heathd]

That's the plan.

So what is the optimum requirements for a healthy tank, in regaurds to water quality?
My test kit has PH, Ammonia, Nitrates, and Nitrites. From what i'm reading, I should have a phosphate test kit as well. What other things do I need to moniter in a fowler tank, for fish health and coraline growth?

I really apreciate ( spelling) the help heathd.

Other then what you listed and adding a phosphate test kit, you may also want to test your waters hardness, or dKh. The name of that particular test escapes me at the moment because I am bit brain dead this morning. Water changes will replenish whatever essential elements and other stuff your fish will need, and those arent really worth testing anyways.

 

[dlp40]

Cool sounds good.

So as far as optimum levels of each thing tested, I should just go with the acceptable range from the test kit, like i do with my freash tanks.