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james larocque

james larocque

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Ok guys i notice that lately my ammonia been a bit high at .25 ppm and now one of my clownfish is turning pale and the other one is swimming erraticly. what can i do to help. What should i do?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by James Larocque
http:///forum/post/3297014
Ok guys i notice that lately my ammonia been a bit high at .25 ppm and now one of my clownfish is turning pale and the other one is swimming erraticly. what can i do to help. What should i do?
First of all CALM DOWN.....Do you have any SW made up for a water change? IF NOT GET SOME....DO a large water change...I forget...what size tank do you have????
 
gemmy

gemmy

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How long has the tank been going? How much do you feed? Size of tank and inhabitants? I would get some water prepped for a 20% change which will be completed tomorrow.
 
rslinger

rslinger

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How long has your tank been up? Do a water change now. Turn the lights off to reduce the stress on the fish. How big is your tank?
 
gemmy

gemmy

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Time to CALM DOWN (like Meowzer has stated). Next, answer the above questions. Then, prep water for a 50% water change. Finally, relax. The are several reasons as to what could be causing the spike. Just answer the questions and we will help you get things straightened out.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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James....we discussed this the other day.....things will go wrong...we have to deal with them, and we will help you, BUT ..smack smack....get yourself together.....YOU have to change some water
I think your tank may still be too new, and you may have added the fish too soon.....but let's deal with this, and try to save them
 
james larocque

james larocque

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Tank been up 4.5 weeks feeding twice daily not overfeeding. i have a filter rated at 450 gph with two biowheels i have two koralia 600gph powerheads i have about 30 lbs liverock i have 5 turbo snails and four blue leg hermits.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I may be wrong but I thnk the tank may still be cycling. 4.5 weeks is not long enough to have tank with that bioload. I would recommend prepping water for a 50% water change to be completed tomorrow. I would also reduce to one feeding a day. 2 fish don't have to compete for food at feeding time.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Gemmy
http:///forum/post/3297038
I may be wrong but I thnk the tank may still be cycling. 4.5 weeks is not long enough to have tank with that bioload. I would recommend prepping water for a 50% water change to be completed tomorrow. I would also reduce to one feeding a day. 2 fish don't have to compete for food at feeding time.

I would tend to agree with the above....what type of food are you feeding?
DO you have the capabilities of making up a large batch of new SW?
 
gemmy

gemmy

Active Member
Stressed out. The water conditions are crappy and it's not happy. How would you feel trapped in a polluted swimming pool?
 
rslinger

rslinger

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He is sick others may disagree with me but i would do the water change tonight I would not wait. Thats just me. and yeah You could start feeding way less I only feed my reef fish once a week.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I would do about 10-12 gallons personally. Just remember you have a 29 gallon tank, but with sand & liverock the water volume is actually less. Do you use RO/DI water? If you can try to prep the water tonight so the salinity will be perfect tomorrow when the water change is done.
 
socalnano24

socalnano24

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Originally Posted by Rslinger
http:///forum/post/3297044
He is sick others may disagree with me but i would do the water change tonight I would not wait. Thats just me. and yeah You could start feeding way less I only feed my reef fish once a week.
I have two clowns and a six line in my 24, and I feed them maybe twice a week about 10 pellets/time. How much were you feeding twice a day and what?
 
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