bradphish
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Hello everyone hope everyone is well. Well let¡¦s see here; first off I have a 55 gallon saltwater tank. Runny two whisper filters w/ammo carb and some fancy pre-made carbon bags. Anyways two power heads and an underground filter. 25 lbs of lr lots of substrate 6 inches. 2 bubble stones. It has been up for about 2 months now. Fish inventory 1 porcupine puffer 3 (peceula) clown fish 1 mandarin goby (green) 1 lemon peel angle. 1 wrasses (banana some sort of 7 inch Hawaiian. 1 yellow damsel. 1 long tentacle anemone and one mushroom. The lighting is one actinic blue strip and one 50/50.
My question is two days ago I did my 20% water change and added some new fish. After changing the water the water became cloudy (which I associate with bacterial bloom) and of course after testing everything the ammonia came up high .02. It has been two days now and I have cut back my feeding and added some amquel detoxifier which safely takes down ammonia levels without adversely affecting the nitrogen cycle. I have also added accu-clear which clumps bigger particles together to help clear the water (this has proven effective in the past). My question was is there any way to get my water crystal clear again and fast. I have kept my salinity very close when doing the water changes; right now it reads just a little high. The first night of this my fish were very sick. Porcupine puffer (frank Sinatra) (ole blue eyes!) was very sick and lost color. He has now come back nicely but is still lethargic. I would appreciate any suggestions and criticism possibleļ.
My question is two days ago I did my 20% water change and added some new fish. After changing the water the water became cloudy (which I associate with bacterial bloom) and of course after testing everything the ammonia came up high .02. It has been two days now and I have cut back my feeding and added some amquel detoxifier which safely takes down ammonia levels without adversely affecting the nitrogen cycle. I have also added accu-clear which clumps bigger particles together to help clear the water (this has proven effective in the past). My question was is there any way to get my water crystal clear again and fast. I have kept my salinity very close when doing the water changes; right now it reads just a little high. The first night of this my fish were very sick. Porcupine puffer (frank Sinatra) (ole blue eyes!) was very sick and lost color. He has now come back nicely but is still lethargic. I would appreciate any suggestions and criticism possibleļ.