Glad you got home safe and the tank is doing OK
I'd hold off on the extra critters until you get your Nitrates down below 5ppm and have them stay there for at least another week
Do a WC, rinse all your HOB sponges in the old tank water ( squish them in the bucket lots ), and then test your NO3 again after a bit - hour or so is plenty
pH of 7.8 is low. Calibrate your new meter and test again
You will have happier critters if your pH is 8-8.3
If you can't get your pH up that high with surface agitation, try opening some windows
I had trouble keeping my pH above 8.0
I added an airline from outside to the intake of my skimmer and it solved my issue
Last edited by gregzz4; 08-31-2012 at 08:04 AM.
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