heithingi
Member
Hi,
I am not sure if this is the proper board to ask this, but here goes.
When I set up my 120, I put in about 175 pounds of LR, with the intentions of dispersing about 55 pounds of it in both my 45 and 29 gallon tanks when the 120 was done cycling. I did this. The rock smelled very funny, my husband commented he thought it smelled like methane gas.
The two smaller tanks had a small ammonia spike last week, and I treated both tanks with Ammonia Lock, dropped my feeding, did a partial water change, and cleaned/changed all filters. The nitrites, then nitrates, started to spike a small bit, but were back down to 0 within about 2 days.
Today, the coral beauty in my 45 is acting nuts, just like what my books describe as ammonia poisoning. I tested all the tanks again (which I still do about every 3 days) and the ammonia is spiking again!! The 45 is at about .1, whereas the 29 is at about .2. Both tanks are showing small levels of nitrites and nitrates again. My 120 is fine, shows a slight level of nitrate, which I hope to cure with some live plants this week.
To the very best of my knowledge, there is no dead livestock. All fish, snails, crabs, and cowries are doing fine, well, except for the coral beauty who is swimming rapidly around the tank. I cannot find my brittle star nor cucumber in the 45, but this is pretty normal. Sometimes I will not see them for a week or so.
Should I do another water change? I already checked and cleaned all my filters again, and plan on cutting back, again, on my feedings. Last week, I treated twice with the Ammonia Lock, and it says on the third dose, a water change must be performed, however, it does not say how big of a water change. Any ideas at all?
Thanks,
Lynda
I am not sure if this is the proper board to ask this, but here goes.
When I set up my 120, I put in about 175 pounds of LR, with the intentions of dispersing about 55 pounds of it in both my 45 and 29 gallon tanks when the 120 was done cycling. I did this. The rock smelled very funny, my husband commented he thought it smelled like methane gas.
The two smaller tanks had a small ammonia spike last week, and I treated both tanks with Ammonia Lock, dropped my feeding, did a partial water change, and cleaned/changed all filters. The nitrites, then nitrates, started to spike a small bit, but were back down to 0 within about 2 days.
Today, the coral beauty in my 45 is acting nuts, just like what my books describe as ammonia poisoning. I tested all the tanks again (which I still do about every 3 days) and the ammonia is spiking again!! The 45 is at about .1, whereas the 29 is at about .2. Both tanks are showing small levels of nitrites and nitrates again. My 120 is fine, shows a slight level of nitrate, which I hope to cure with some live plants this week.
To the very best of my knowledge, there is no dead livestock. All fish, snails, crabs, and cowries are doing fine, well, except for the coral beauty who is swimming rapidly around the tank. I cannot find my brittle star nor cucumber in the 45, but this is pretty normal. Sometimes I will not see them for a week or so.
Should I do another water change? I already checked and cleaned all my filters again, and plan on cutting back, again, on my feedings. Last week, I treated twice with the Ammonia Lock, and it says on the third dose, a water change must be performed, however, it does not say how big of a water change. Any ideas at all?
Thanks,
Lynda
