Sorry to bring up this topic again. On my 220 I kind of made a mistake. It's been set up for going on 3 weeks now. I never monitored that water which is so unlike me. I started with 50 feeders and 12 convicts. A filter element from a very established 300 Gal. Last week I added 6 Raphael cats (spelling?)
I am getting ready to place my order for my main fish. I checked the water. 0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates. Nothing that I could recognize on the "table" or "chart" anyway. Perfect water infact. or as close to perfect as possible.
I forgot also that I started my FX5 with chemipure elite in the number one chamber. I have a 300Gal aquaclear with an 1800gph pump.
Shoud I shut off the FX5 for a little bit and/or remove the Chemipure?
I have lost around 15 feeders that would've died anyway. Of course I tried to keep everything alive. (besides not changing the water once
)
This is way off how I normally wouldve done things so just looking for a little input. The fish I will be getting are somewhat rare and I do not want to take a chance of losing one. Yet I am impatient by nature (recognizing is the first step, but I am not ready for the second) and want to put in my order. Wait a bit or go for it? I am pretty confident in my abilities to get things back under control if they get out of wack. Just as I said before a little wary because I did things so differently than normal. BTW I way over fed the fish on purpose to try and get things going. I am actually still over feeding them now.
I am getting ready to place my order for my main fish. I checked the water. 0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates. Nothing that I could recognize on the "table" or "chart" anyway. Perfect water infact. or as close to perfect as possible.
I forgot also that I started my FX5 with chemipure elite in the number one chamber. I have a 300Gal aquaclear with an 1800gph pump.
Shoud I shut off the FX5 for a little bit and/or remove the Chemipure?
I have lost around 15 feeders that would've died anyway. Of course I tried to keep everything alive. (besides not changing the water once
)This is way off how I normally wouldve done things so just looking for a little input. The fish I will be getting are somewhat rare and I do not want to take a chance of losing one. Yet I am impatient by nature (recognizing is the first step, but I am not ready for the second) and want to put in my order. Wait a bit or go for it? I am pretty confident in my abilities to get things back under control if they get out of wack. Just as I said before a little wary because I did things so differently than normal. BTW I way over fed the fish on purpose to try and get things going. I am actually still over feeding them now.
