Urgent help ! New fish arriving and I have ammonia in the QT

[juanmanuelsanch]

hi all ! Im clueless about whats happening. I have being using my QT tank from months now. After the last fish came (around 1 month ago) I cleaned up the tank really good. After that Its showing ammonia no matter what I do.

I kept all filters in water so the bacteria wouldnt die. But still...

I do water changes from my DT (no ammonia in it). I also added some sponges that I left in the sump for 2 weeks, I even added bottled bacteria to help cicle faster. Still have ammonia.

I dont know what else to do.

I was going to use prime. The problem with that is if I have to use any medication like (cupramine or paraguard) it will become toxic.

Please help me out !

Thanks !

 

[Valentini89]

hi all ! Im clueless about whats happening. I have being using my QT tank from months now. After the last fish came (around 1 month ago) I cleaned up the tank really good. After that Its showing ammonia no matter what I do.

I kept all filters in water so the bacteria wouldnt die. But still...

I do water changes from my DT (no ammonia in it). I also added some sponges that I left in the sump for 2 weeks, I even added bottled bacteria to help cicle faster. Still have ammonia.

I dont know what else to do.

I was going to use prime. The problem with that is if I have to use any medication like (cupramine or paraguard) it will become toxic.

Please help me out !

Thanks !

I would drain the qt tank and refill with half rodi salt and half from your display tank. But that's just me

 

[Sk8r]

I'd go ahead and use Prime, then wait on any medication: if it shows signs of disease, then do a 100% water change and treat appropriately.
This is why I am against cycled quarantine tanks. Better you qt in a bare glass box with minimal biology going on and frequent cleanup, so that you don't suddenly find it's gone over the edge.
Possibly you've got a bad test, but possibly there IS ammonia, and it's good you caught it.

 

[Sapelo]

This is why I am against cycled quarantine tanks

This.
It's a QT tank, unless you are trying to Qt something crazy specialized, there's no reason to go here. Just keep it clean, keep it tested and move on.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

I'd go ahead and use Prime, then wait on any medication: if it shows signs of disease, then do a 100% water change and treat appropriately.
This is why I am against cycled quarantine tanks. Better you qt in a bare glass box with minimal biology going on and frequent cleanup, so that you don't suddenly find it's gone over the edge.
Possibly you've got a bad test, but possibly there IS ammonia, and it's good you caught it.

I will go and perform a 90% water change. Since one of the fish seems to have some kind of fungus (see pics)

The tank its on bare minimum. I don't know what could be causing the ammonia. I have a positive result in the badge (alert state) and in the test kit 0.2 according to red Sea.

Any other recommendations are welcomed.

Thanks

 

[heathlindner25]

Are you sure your test is accurate ? Those ammonia badges are the opposit .

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

Well both the red Sea kit and badge says there is ammonia. I don't know what else I could use to be sure

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

The API kit shows no ammonia. But I don't trust it very much...

 

[heathlindner25]

If it were me I would probably place a well-seasoned piece of live rock in there .

 

[Valentini89]

If it were me I would probably place a well-seasoned piece of live rock in there .

✓✓✓ yes

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

Well my QT procedure usually is paraguard, cupramine and prazipro.

So having live rock its not an option since it will absorb the medicine. I do have a little piece to help with the cycling. I already did a massive water change.

I already have the fish in. I will do another measure tomorrow.



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