Originally Posted by
sthlts
http:///forum/post/2807446
I don't mean to go nuts but I posted my ammonia question and a few guys sad anything more then 1.5 ppm will do more bad than good.
thats what "they" say but in practice I havent found it to make any difference at all. this last cycle (with shipped liverock, sand that been sitting a year hydrated but unregulated temp/salinity) I let ammonia go thru the roof (read 8ppm which is as high as the test kit goes). at that point I decided it was a good idea to throw on the protein skimmer but I still didn't do any water changes or pther measures to reduce it. according to "they" that should have killed off the beneficial bacteria and all the hitch hikers for sure. then please tell me why is there a crab (I dont want) in a hole I cant get him out of that claws around everytime I feed, why do I come home to see a new stomatella out after hours just about EVERY single day, why do I see tube snails/worms, why did I see a bristle worm in my sump before the cycle was even over, why do I start every morning with residual pods still on the glass after (night) hours. "they" should be right, we all know ammonia is toxic and lethal to just about all sea creatures. maybe they all did die. who cares its a reef tank, a few corals on rock later you have reintroduced them. If its not a reef tank who cares, hitch hikers arent the focus of FOWLR and will probably get eaten if they are visable anyway.
