[westtexasmedic]

I have a 60 gallon that crashed on me when my porcupine puffer decided to take a one way trip to Jesus which in turn nuked my tank. I have completed a 80% water change and cleaned out all the dead bristle worms. Miraculously, some cerith snails survived aquatic Armageddon, now fast forward 3 months I’m still having trouble with a few water chemistry issues.

I can’t get ammonia to zero out (stays at 0.25-0.5 PPM)
Nitrates are 20PPM
PH holds at 8.3
temp 78 F
Nitrites 0

I have taken steps recommended by my LFS to shut down my lights for two weeks ( still in progress)

After the blackout period I’ll reevaluate where it is.

But I’m sure their will be more needed to eradicate this nuisance algae.

With that said.

Should I decrease the power output from the lights and duration (I have Kessil AP700’s X2 running for 8 hours per day @65%-75%

What do I need to do?


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