Hello All,
So a couple of weeks ago I ended up setting up a QT tank for all my fish to battle ich, the good news is everyone is doing great and no more signs of ich.
Now for where I F'ed up :help (2):
I figured while I had all the fish out of the tank I should go ahead and fix some things so when they are ready to be put back in the DT it will be kickass. One thing I did was remove all of the crushed coral and replace it with live sand and instead of 1/3 live and 2/3 base rock just go 100% live rock. Took me most of the weekend to do but by Sunday night I finished everything.
Now keep in mind all I have in this tank is a fire shrimp, peppermint shrimp, some snails, hermit crabs, mushroom and a kenya tree coral which I put in a bucket while I did all the work.
So last night I worked late so I didn't test the water but noticed that my kenya tree coral looked pretty sad so as soon as I came home from work today I tested the water and the results were bad across the board. Ammonia was a good 4.0, nitrate was a solid 80, nitrite was 5.0, and pH was 7.8... WHAT A MESS
I did a 20% water change, added some Prime, DrTim's Aquatics Eco-Balance and pH buffer and I'll retest tomorrow
My question is what would cause my water from perfect conditions on Friday night to scary conditions tonight? Did removing the crushed coral cause this mess? Should I do a dose of DrTim's One and Only?
Let me know your thoughts and if there is anything else I can do.
Thanks!
So a couple of weeks ago I ended up setting up a QT tank for all my fish to battle ich, the good news is everyone is doing great and no more signs of ich.
Now for where I F'ed up :help (2):
I figured while I had all the fish out of the tank I should go ahead and fix some things so when they are ready to be put back in the DT it will be kickass. One thing I did was remove all of the crushed coral and replace it with live sand and instead of 1/3 live and 2/3 base rock just go 100% live rock. Took me most of the weekend to do but by Sunday night I finished everything.
Now keep in mind all I have in this tank is a fire shrimp, peppermint shrimp, some snails, hermit crabs, mushroom and a kenya tree coral which I put in a bucket while I did all the work.
So last night I worked late so I didn't test the water but noticed that my kenya tree coral looked pretty sad so as soon as I came home from work today I tested the water and the results were bad across the board. Ammonia was a good 4.0, nitrate was a solid 80, nitrite was 5.0, and pH was 7.8... WHAT A MESS
I did a 20% water change, added some Prime, DrTim's Aquatics Eco-Balance and pH buffer and I'll retest tomorrow
My question is what would cause my water from perfect conditions on Friday night to scary conditions tonight? Did removing the crushed coral cause this mess? Should I do a dose of DrTim's One and Only?
Let me know your thoughts and if there is anything else I can do.
Thanks!