after cuke nuke/ pink cucumber

[mohammadali]

i changed almost the whole water
i just took my water to PIU they tested , and everything is good just the salinity is 1.021

[Madreefer]

You have'nt got any test kits yet?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

You have'nt got any test kits yet?

no kidding eh if you got enough for fish you got enough for test kits lol

[mohammadali]

haha test kit is $40 but a pair of clownfish i can get for $20

[Coralgurl]

How much did you lose? I'd bet it's more than $40 worth of livestock, get the test kits. I don't like spending money on equipment, rather spend it on livestock, but losing corals and fish as a result ends up costing more in the long run. Think of the big picture, not short term otherwise you are going to have constant struggles and frustration when you can't quickly figure out what's going on in your tank.

[reefwars]

any successfull reefer be it fish only or with corals will tell you its worth it to just save and buy the equipment up front, keeping livestock will be that much easier and its cheaper in the long run to pony up

[mohammadali]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

How much did you lose? I'd bet it's more than $40 worth of livestock, get the test kits. I don't like spending money on equipment, rather spend it on livestock, but losing corals and fish as a result ends up costing more in the long run. Think of the big picture, not short term otherwise you are going to have constant struggles and frustration when you can't quickly figure out what's going on in your tank.

My live rock is alive and coral was kinda bad but they r back to good health and electric scollpe died I'm looking to buy a pair ocellaris and I don't live that far from pet store they will test it for me so nice of em

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

If a cuc nuked your tank, guess what? The test kits probably won't be able to test for the nasties it released. They will test for stuff like Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates, pH, and some trace minerals maybe. But they won't have test kits for the toxic stuff that a cuc releases when it dies.


Also, Ammonia & Nitrites should always be at ZERO before any livestock goes in the tank. Some Nitrates & phosphates are "okay", but not Ammonia & Nitrites.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Your test kits are more for every day, long term use, IMO, as opposed to mainly to test for right now (post-cuc-nuke). Use them to check regularly over the next several months till your tank matures and recovers fully from the cuc-nuke.