Ammonia Problem and Question

sailfin

sailfin

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I have noticed that my star polyps have been closed for a couple of days. I decided to check my chemistry tonight and here is what I found.
Ammonia = 1 ppm
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0
Should I use an ammonia locking agent and do some water changes? Or, should I just concern myself with some water changes? I have honestly never had an ammonia spike before.
What are some causes of ammonia? Nothing has died in my tank and I use RO/DI water with a TDS reading of 0.
BTW - the tank is one year old.
Any help is appreciated...
 
cathy joe

cathy joe

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do you turn your filter off when you feed. i didnt and mine got really high once. i check my filter and found i sucked up a cube of brine shrimp. sounds like something has died or maybe you over feed
 
sailfin

sailfin

Member
Thanks for the fast reply Cathy Joe. Can over feeding cause an ammonia spike? I thought that caused high nitrates.?.? I see that you are a fellow TN reefer. Are you over here near Chattanooga or some place else?
Keep a reefin' :happyfish
 
sailfin

sailfin

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To bad that so far away. I am always looking for local folk. Thanks for the advice.
Anybody else out there that would like to chime in please do so.
 
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