did i add fish too fast? ammonia?

[thenewguy997]

My fish are breathing fast, not hard, just very fast

ive had my angel for 1 1/2 months, heniochus since july 1st, and last night i added a 2.5" raccoon butterfly

He has been breathing fast since i got him, but i think its bc i acclimated very poorly also a small amount of bag water fell in

I dont qt and will not qt. Im not against it, its just an unrealistic possibility currently. i am not here to talk about that

My nitrates have been 0 bit today they read 5-10ppm

My other fish are now breathing fast, i think i have an ammonia spike but idk why

Id like to hear other reefers thoughts, if it was ich or flukes there would be head shaking/scratching. And i dont thunk it would spread to all fish in 12 hrs

 

[o2manyfish]

Do you have enough gas exchange occurring so that there is plenty of oxygen in the water?

Have you done a water change?

Dave B

 

[criticalencore]

If you have had the angel that long I'd guess you are cycled. I'd check the simple stuff to start with like salinity and temp to see if somehow they got out of whack. Did you use a test kit and see it measure ammonia? Any ammonia is bad.. if there is ammonia present I'd maybe try an additive like prime to help keep it down until you bacteria can catch up or maybe even add some bright well microbacter7 or a similar bacterial additive. In 12 hrs I doubt the butterfly could generate enough waste to overcome a cycled tank. What size tank?

 

[pinnatus]

Did you check your ammonia level?

Temperature?

 

[thenewguy997]

I lowered temp to 77ish it was around 80

I dont have an ammonia test but nitrite is 0

Sg is 1.022

Ph is about 8.4

I might need to add a powerhead i only have 700gph flow

Tank size 75 w 15 sump

 

[Marshall O]

Aim your returns and/or power heads at the surface. Sounds like low oxygen levels to me.

 

[thenewguy997]

How do i increase them? Will more flow help

 

[Marshall O]

How do i increase them? Will more flow help

I already told you how to increased your DO (dissolved oxygen) You need surface agitation which is easily achieved by aiming your return(s) and/or powerheads at the water surface. Assuming you don't have a glass top covered tank, this should be all you need, though it seems you could use more flow either way.

 

[thenewguy997]

Ok thx man and everyone else!