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deepgreen · 04-09-2008, 01:04 PM

Hi pleased to have found this forum, and all the knowledge here. I have no experience, and realize (after reading some posts here) I have already made basic mistakes - all from impatience. Your advice on recovering from these.

I recently bought a Red Sea Max, a 34g tank about 10 days ago. Put in 30lbs of live rock (cured), live sand etc. Then came the fish last week (6 days ago) - 2 clown fish, plus a blue damselfish and a few hermit crabs. OK this is way too fast - so how to recover ? Do I put the fish in a holding tank while the tank is establishing? Also used tap water.

The fish seem fine now - but I fear the dreaded ammonia spike sure to hit the tank soon.

The parameters are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate tests all 0.
SG 1.0240

Thanks

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deepgreen Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 4 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Greetings, Newbie needing to recover from impatience Hi pleased to have found this forum, and all the knowledge here. I have no experience, and realize (after reading some posts here) I have already made basic mistakes - all from impatience. Your advice on recovering from these. I recently bought a Red Sea Max, a 34g tank about 10 days ago. Put in 30lbs of live rock (cured), live sand etc. Then came the fish last week (6 days ago) - 2 clown fish, plus a blue damselfish and a few hermit crabs. OK this is way too fast - so how to recover ? Do I put the fish in a holding tank while the tank is establishing? Also used tap water. The fish seem fine now - but I fear the dreaded ammonia spike sure to hit the tank soon. The parameters are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate tests all 0. SG 1.0240 Thanks