Hey SCR,
Yup, Iv'e been struck with ammonia posioning. On Monday (1/9), I got home to a fan I was using to cool my lights/ballasts in the tank. Of course it was still plugged in. So I looked around my tank after unplugging it, and only one coral (largest coral, a green cap) was bleached white. I did a bit of research online (I'm not the first to have a fan fall in the tank I guess), and the talk was about ammonia levels. So I immediately tested my ammonia with quick strips , 0 ppm ammonia. Whew, what a relief I thought for the rest of the week.
That following weekend my blue jaw trigger was on the bottom (uh oh). So after a full check of levels and testing ammonia with drops...the ammonia is at 2 ppm! So I did a 45 gallon water change.
Everything seemed fine from this point until 1/24 when I checked my ammonia and it was at 1.5ppm. So I buy Amquel Plus cus I ran out of AmmoLock. Next morning my corals die.
There has been alot of upset stomachs between the above and where I am at now. Mainly because on Thursday (1/26) I did a 60 gallon water change, on Saturday (1/28) I did a 55 gallon water change, and Sunday (1/29) I did a 50 gallon water change.
I tested my ammonia level these past 3 days a few hours after the water changes and they've been reading 1.5-2 ppm.
I am clueless how to go about getting my tank back on cruise control.
I have lost ALL my SPS, Chalices, my favorite setosa , and polyps. Still have a dendro, a shriveled anemone, a shriveled leather, my sailfin, blue tang, yellow tang, clowns, new Coris wrasse I won at the SCRK meeting, cardinalfish, and lawnmower.
I am making another 50 gallons for a water change after work tomorrow...should I do it?
THANKS GUYS!:tit:
pS...Are there buybacks in the TRFS Contest? :faint2:
Yup, Iv'e been struck with ammonia posioning. On Monday (1/9), I got home to a fan I was using to cool my lights/ballasts in the tank. Of course it was still plugged in. So I looked around my tank after unplugging it, and only one coral (largest coral, a green cap) was bleached white. I did a bit of research online (I'm not the first to have a fan fall in the tank I guess), and the talk was about ammonia levels. So I immediately tested my ammonia with quick strips , 0 ppm ammonia. Whew, what a relief I thought for the rest of the week.
That following weekend my blue jaw trigger was on the bottom (uh oh). So after a full check of levels and testing ammonia with drops...the ammonia is at 2 ppm! So I did a 45 gallon water change.
Everything seemed fine from this point until 1/24 when I checked my ammonia and it was at 1.5ppm. So I buy Amquel Plus cus I ran out of AmmoLock. Next morning my corals die.
There has been alot of upset stomachs between the above and where I am at now. Mainly because on Thursday (1/26) I did a 60 gallon water change, on Saturday (1/28) I did a 55 gallon water change, and Sunday (1/29) I did a 50 gallon water change.
I tested my ammonia level these past 3 days a few hours after the water changes and they've been reading 1.5-2 ppm.
I am clueless how to go about getting my tank back on cruise control.
I have lost ALL my SPS, Chalices, my favorite setosa , and polyps. Still have a dendro, a shriveled anemone, a shriveled leather, my sailfin, blue tang, yellow tang, clowns, new Coris wrasse I won at the SCRK meeting, cardinalfish, and lawnmower.
I am making another 50 gallons for a water change after work tomorrow...should I do it?
THANKS GUYS!:tit:
pS...Are there buybacks in the TRFS Contest? :faint2:
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