I started to cycle a new tank and ran into some issues. I put half a dozen market shrimp into a 40 gallon tank about 3 days ago, and unfortunately it started to smell awful and smell up the whole house. I had to pull them out
Here are the details. Set up tank and let it run for 3-4 days. After that I added about 15 pounds of live rock and 6 market shrimp. Today I woke up and the whole house smelled awful. I had to pull the shrimp out of the tank and get it out of the house.
Here were the parameters this morning
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 1.0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm
I have not seen an ammonia spike high enough from what I understand. So, not sure what to do. Should I try adding straight ammonia to get the spike now?
Here are the details. Set up tank and let it run for 3-4 days. After that I added about 15 pounds of live rock and 6 market shrimp. Today I woke up and the whole house smelled awful. I had to pull the shrimp out of the tank and get it out of the house.
Here were the parameters this morning
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 1.0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm
I have not seen an ammonia spike high enough from what I understand. So, not sure what to do. Should I try adding straight ammonia to get the spike now?