Code Red
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invertcrazy
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Wow dude, not much to go on here. need more info about the tank.
Could be a thousand reasons but i'd only be guessing with the info you gave.
Could be a thousand reasons but i'd only be guessing with the info you gave.
drfixjet
Member
I am in the process of setting up a 90 gal tank.. I ran into a guy at my lfs and he was breaking down his tank..... So he sold me all of his fish about 15 of them.... I brought 15 gal of his water to use for a 20 gal quarantine tank so I could house them until the 90 gal was up and running.... I used his bioballs along with carbon and biomax in a filstar xp3 canister filter. the temp is about 78-80 degrees... there is nothing else in the tank but a piece of live rock that came straight out of his tank. He fed them marine diet pellet food only. Today I got the bright idea of getting them frozen mysis shrimp and some formula two for the herbivores... I definitly overfed them that I know... I gave them two cubes of the mysis shrimp and one of the formula two..... couple of hours later the water was yellow and smelled funny... The niger triger went from his normal black color to a light gray... all of the other fish lost some coloring too... I just did a 50% water change and the ammonia level dropped down to .5 is there anything else I can do too lower it? I am using ro water also.... HELP!!!!
lil.guppy
Active Member
Do a 40% water change but make sure that the temp and salinity level is the same. That should bring it down quite a bit. In the morning check the levels and do it again if needed. That is what I had to do with my tank to keep the levels down. Also add some ammonia detox in there
lil.guppy
Active Member
46g 2 clown, 1 coral beauty, 2 damsels
I messed with my sand and it caused the ammonia to go up. Keep an eye on your nitrates or nitrites too because those will probably be affected. Your either going through a mini cycle (crash) or you just need some clean water in there.
I messed with my sand and it caused the ammonia to go up. Keep an eye on your nitrates or nitrites too because those will probably be affected. Your either going through a mini cycle (crash) or you just need some clean water in there.
invertcrazy
Member
15 fish in a 20 gal tank. I see nothing but problems here. You got about 13 fish too many. Better hope the 90 cycles fast and keep alot of water mixed for water changes. What kind of fish did you get and what size are they???
lil.guppy
Active Member
Changing a large amount of water is going to help in every way. You might be surprised. Changing a good portion of that water out without stressing the fish out might solve the problem.
Was that rock of filter media out of water for a period of time?
I would actually only feed your fish every 3 days and only enough to keep them alive until your large tank cycles
Was that rock of filter media out of water for a period of time?
I would actually only feed your fish every 3 days and only enough to keep them alive until your large tank cycles
lil.guppy
Active Member
Originally Posted by InvertCrazy
http:///forum/post/3009952
15 fish in a 20 gal tank. I see nothing but problems here. You got about 13 fish too many. Better hope the 90 cycles fast and keep alot of water mixed for water changes. What kind of fish did you get and what size are they???
http:///forum/post/3009952
15 fish in a 20 gal tank. I see nothing but problems here. You got about 13 fish too many. Better hope the 90 cycles fast and keep alot of water mixed for water changes. What kind of fish did you get and what size are they???
drfixjet
Member
My other problem is that my RO filter is slowwww as molases.... It makes 24 gal of water a day..... and out of the 30 gals of water I had made for the 90 gal tank I only have about 15 gal left..... Looks like I either fill the 90 gal tank with tap water and condition it or I bite the bullet and buy 80 gals of ro water from the store.... decisions.. decisions....
drfixjet
Member
Originally Posted by lil.guppy
http:///forum/post/3009961
WOW yea thats over kill. Like I said feed them to keep them alive and keep doing those water changes and hopefully that is just your problem and nothing else.
How long do you think it will take to cycle your larger tank
I have no idea how long it will take to cycle my tank.... assuming I get water in there tommorrow and get the wet/dry up and running by tuesday night how long do you think it will take? Im not sure how to even begin cycling it Im a newb...... should I throw a couple of the damsels in there?
http:///forum/post/3009961
WOW yea thats over kill. Like I said feed them to keep them alive and keep doing those water changes and hopefully that is just your problem and nothing else.
How long do you think it will take to cycle your larger tank
I have no idea how long it will take to cycle my tank.... assuming I get water in there tommorrow and get the wet/dry up and running by tuesday night how long do you think it will take? Im not sure how to even begin cycling it Im a newb...... should I throw a couple of the damsels in there?
invertcrazy
Member
NO damsels- get 4 or 5 raw deli shrimp and put them in a nylon sack- in about 3 or 4 days they will start to decay and start your cycle. Make sure you have test kits to keep track or the cycle so you know when and how it's going.
Putting damsels in is cruel, the ammonia and nitrites will burn their gills.
Putting damsels in is cruel, the ammonia and nitrites will burn their gills.