I've just gone and spent a few hundred dollars at the
LFS (not so local)...
10g
QT and I'm using a sponge filter which I already had, in it. The Percular Clown (I've counted 10 fins on it's back many times over) is going to live in the
QT until the water is suitable in my display tank.
When buying my 10g tank today, everyone at the
LFS individually gave me the same answer 'You've got poor water conditions, isolate your clown in a
QT and let the
LR in your display tank do it's work on the
ammonia/nitite/nitrate"
I test my tank every second day (with my Hagen master test kit
) and the levels have been getting way too high. I've currently got off the scales of all 3 of the typical cycling elements.
I'm using sea water (I'm 400m (1/4 mile) from the mid-east coast of Australia bay and the
lfs said the water from there would be fine on an incoming tide). So I'll continue to do a 50% water change every second day in my
QT, which is running a sponge filter and has good water movement both below and above water level.
I know I've done wrong by a living creature, and I'll do everything I can do financially to save its life.
I'm still open to any hints or tips on this matter, and I will appreciate any feedback aswell.
Cheers
