| Re: in_a_days' saltwater adventure
The lionfish should be call "Nitrater" because as Lynn mentioned they are messy. When you figure that on average only about 10% of what is taken into a fish's mouth is actually "utilized" or "Stored" for later. That's 90% waste coming out the "Tail pipe". I've never HAD a lionfish personally but was wondering is there is any way to "easily" net or scoop the majority of this messy eater's by-product up. That's just a lot of waste to decompose and push your Nitrates up.
Also I would suggest trying a larger water change (maybe 40% or 50%) just to try and get them down to see how quickly they come back up. If you're able to "maintain" 20-30ppm if you could get it down via a large our couple of large water changes maybe you could maintain it at a lower level now. Maybe worth a try. |