Anyone ever use ammovec?

[angelfish]

Hello everyone,
I am very new to this hobby(one week old) and decided to go with a saltwater aquarium. Things were going along fine until yesterday when I lost two damsels in one day. My pH read 8.4, nitrite .1 mg/l, and ammonia .08 mg/l. Anyway, I went to the lfs and the guy told me that I needed to use ammovec to stablize my ammonium, nitrite, and nitrates. Has anyone ever used this in their tank and what was your outcome results?

 

[mr . salty]

Your water levals sound OK to me for a one week old tank. I think you put the fish in to soon. Try it now,as one week is the usual time to add a couple. I would add some live rock at this time also. I don't think you need to add anything to stablize the ammonia.Just wait and let the tank cycle. How big is your tank????What do you have for a filter??? Any other info will be helpful.....STEVE

 

[angelfish]

My tank is 44 gal and I am using a 304 Fluval canister. I also have 4 damsels left in the tank. I was told that I could put the fish in the tank as soon as the water started to clear. The guy at the lfs said this would start my cycle. Maybe I was to anxious to get started but I don't want to lose anymore fish. Also, a guy at another fish store said that I would need a protein skimmer for a fish only tank. What is your input?
Angel

 

[mr . salty]

Sounds like a killer setup. You will need a skimmer. But if you have to,it can wait a week or so,till the cycle really gets going. I would definatly add live rock,about 10lbs to start.....STEVE

 

[angelfish]

From what I understood from a book or lfs is that I would need some VHO lighting for the live rock. Is that right? If so, I just have a standard florescent NO light. If standard florescent light works on liverock then I would definitely get some. Thanks for any info you can give. I greatly appreciate it.
Angel

 

[mr . salty]

Standard(NO,normal output)will work,but you should get some high intensity bulbs. I suggest you see about getting CORALIFE 20,000K bulbs.Thats what I use in my 40gal tank,and till I turned it into a hospital tank, The rock was doing real good....STEVE