New shipment at 10 tonight
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OK, my ammonia has jumped to anywhere between .6 and 6. I have done 10%, 20% and 50% water changes to get it back down to 1 or below. Since receiving this Wed. night I have done at least 2 water changes per day. I had it down to .6 last night and when I got home from work it was back up to 4, so another 20% change to get it back to >1.
I admit that this has been my fault not TBS. I wasn't aggressive enough on the water changes in the beginning and the rock sat out too long before it went into the tank.
There is obviously still die-off occuring but most everything is still alive. Lots of tiny filter feeders and such.
Million dollar question: Can I still save the tank or should I stop the massive water changes? I would say that after 5 full days of having the package, the quality of life in the tank is still slowly declining.
Help please!
KP
I admit that this has been my fault not TBS. I wasn't aggressive enough on the water changes in the beginning and the rock sat out too long before it went into the tank.
There is obviously still die-off occuring but most everything is still alive. Lots of tiny filter feeders and such.
Million dollar question: Can I still save the tank or should I stop the massive water changes? I would say that after 5 full days of having the package, the quality of life in the tank is still slowly declining.
Help please!
KP
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KP, keep up the water changes. Have you been peeling off/ removing any obvious die-off (sponges, etc.)? Get that out of the tank, if not. You'll still have life with the water changes and, by report, it is amazing what can survive (though it will take a long time to recover). Keep the faith,baby. [and good luck]
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I had none of those, I just got finished with cleaning off all of the rock and doing about a 30% water change. I found a baseball size decaying sponge in a crevasse that I got out along with a bunch of smaller stuff that I got rid of. So we'll see if this helps.
The ammonia had gone back up to about 4 since last night (before this water change and cleaning project).
The ammonia had gone back up to about 4 since last night (before this water change and cleaning project).
Day 8
At 6:30am ammonia was at 4ppm. Did a 20% water change before heading to work that got the ammonia back down to 1ppm.
The orange stuff (algae I guess) that is on a few of the rocks continues to turn whitish. Other than that everything else looks OK. I still have little fanning items of various small sizes and colors that appear to be doing well, and a couple of hermits and snails that also appear to be doing ok.
After every change I put in a dose of Amquel (ammonia detox) to try to limit the damages.
No nitrite nor nitrate movement yet after 7 days.....
Am I doing ok with what is going on?????????
At 6:30am ammonia was at 4ppm. Did a 20% water change before heading to work that got the ammonia back down to 1ppm.
The orange stuff (algae I guess) that is on a few of the rocks continues to turn whitish. Other than that everything else looks OK. I still have little fanning items of various small sizes and colors that appear to be doing well, and a couple of hermits and snails that also appear to be doing ok.
After every change I put in a dose of Amquel (ammonia detox) to try to limit the damages.
No nitrite nor nitrate movement yet after 7 days.....
Am I doing ok with what is going on?????????
Day 3
Day 3
Well so far I have these reading:
ammo: 1
ph: 8.19
Nitrites: 0.25
Nitrates : 0
Salinity: 1.026
So far I've pulled mantis with eggs and i decent crab. I notice some clam, brain something ( sorry still new to this hobby to remember all the names) some blue sponges. And a lot of seethru tentacles that comes out of a hole, lot of orange algae, some velvet like maroon algae I think, saw a small green star fish. And I know there is a small crab still in my tank. And I bought mind from TBS. ( Fast delivery call in the morning and I have it by 8 pm CST).
Quick question thou.. I don't smell anything bad so far from my tank. Not a lot of die off if any. Am I for a rude awakening in the coming days?
Day 3
Well so far I have these reading:
ammo: 1
ph: 8.19
Nitrites: 0.25
Nitrates : 0
Salinity: 1.026
So far I've pulled mantis with eggs and i decent crab. I notice some clam, brain something ( sorry still new to this hobby to remember all the names) some blue sponges. And a lot of seethru tentacles that comes out of a hole, lot of orange algae, some velvet like maroon algae I think, saw a small green star fish. And I know there is a small crab still in my tank. And I bought mind from TBS. ( Fast delivery call in the morning and I have it by 8 pm CST).
Quick question thou.. I don't smell anything bad so far from my tank. Not a lot of die off if any. Am I for a rude awakening in the coming days?
Day 9
Ammonia back up to 4ppm again, no big surprise there.
The orange algea or what ever it is has pretty much gone from beautiful orange and hard to pale peeling, flaking muck. Other than that I seem to find new filter items every day. Some are clear and look like small anenomies and some look like tiny, tiny feather dusters.
I sent Richard a picture of some clam thing (I have two a little bigger than golf balls) and he said they were a jewel box clam??
Anyone know anything about these?
Ammonia back up to 4ppm again, no big surprise there.
The orange algea or what ever it is has pretty much gone from beautiful orange and hard to pale peeling, flaking muck. Other than that I seem to find new filter items every day. Some are clear and look like small anenomies and some look like tiny, tiny feather dusters.
I sent Richard a picture of some clam thing (I have two a little bigger than golf balls) and he said they were a jewel box clam??
Anyone know anything about these?
Day 10
After doing a water change the day before to get the ammonia back down to 1ppm then it going back up to 2-4 last night, today I found this:
Time 2:15pm
temp 79.2
Ammonia 1
Nitrites 2
Nitrates 10
ph low 7.4 or maybe a little lower
Salinity 1.0235
This was the first time that the Ammonia had actually stayed or gone down, and absolutely the first measurable Nitrites and Nitrates.
It must be finally cycling?????
KP
After doing a water change the day before to get the ammonia back down to 1ppm then it going back up to 2-4 last night, today I found this:
Time 2:15pm
temp 79.2
Ammonia 1
Nitrites 2
Nitrates 10
ph low 7.4 or maybe a little lower
Salinity 1.0235
This was the first time that the Ammonia had actually stayed or gone down, and absolutely the first measurable Nitrites and Nitrates.
It must be finally cycling?????
KP
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