keep the SG where it is, let the bio filter adapt. if you keep changing conditions it will take longer to stablize. you didnt kill of the bio filter you just made them go dorment when they had to addapt. Go buy some "PRIME" this will detox your tank and give your golby a chance to addapt as well. the bio filter can adapt within SG 0.002.
So I screwed up my first brackish attempt...advice requested.
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knifegill;4044884; said:
kosher salt doesnt have the right chemical makeup as marine salt. the golby needs all the minerals, not just sodium chloride
I already use prime. I usually add a little extra on new setups, too. But it's been a week with daily water changes so I'm pretty sure the normal amount will do at this point.
The biological bacteria shouldn't need to adapt. That's bs. They should move in like foreigners and populate the new tank like a plague. Again, two or three days is the usual amount of time it takes for seeded filtration to stabilize. It's always worked in the past, but this time it is clear I've got to do something different.
I am keeping the SG the same, just with mostly kosher salt instead of marine. I'll still keep a trace of marine salt in the mix, but the idea of having a tank with its own unique and non-transferable version of bb kind of scares me.
Dormant, huh? That's just great. Sounds like union work to me. Fire the whole crew.
The goby doesn't have terribly specific needs, btw. It's usually kept in full fresh water in the hobby, but in the wild is known to switch from marine to fresh pretty frequently. I was hoping marine conditions would help to heal the ulcers. Which might have been the case if I had another brackish tank to seed from. Instead I get this alien excuse for aquatic parameters and no bugs that can buck it. Getting that tank cycled is more important than it having marine conditions at this point. *sigh*
The biological bacteria shouldn't need to adapt. That's bs. They should move in like foreigners and populate the new tank like a plague. Again, two or three days is the usual amount of time it takes for seeded filtration to stabilize. It's always worked in the past, but this time it is clear I've got to do something different.
I am keeping the SG the same, just with mostly kosher salt instead of marine. I'll still keep a trace of marine salt in the mix, but the idea of having a tank with its own unique and non-transferable version of bb kind of scares me.
Dormant, huh? That's just great. Sounds like union work to me. Fire the whole crew.
The goby doesn't have terribly specific needs, btw. It's usually kept in full fresh water in the hobby, but in the wild is known to switch from marine to fresh pretty frequently. I was hoping marine conditions would help to heal the ulcers. Which might have been the case if I had another brackish tank to seed from. Instead I get this alien excuse for aquatic parameters and no bugs that can buck it. Getting that tank cycled is more important than it having marine conditions at this point. *sigh*
1) Ammonia tests will form a precipitate in brackish water; they will instantly cloud up even with 0 ammonia, but won't turn color. sometimes it's tough to tell the diff.
2) recommend slowly upping the salinity to 1.005, then higher as the fish gets older
2) recommend slowly upping the salinity to 1.005, then higher as the fish gets older
