Ammonia spike problem

[Rohan1992]

Hi can someone please help! I am very new to salt water tank and probably have zero knowledge on corals or any water parameters and i have made some massive mistakes i believe because of my impatience. As i was just going by what the LFS guy suggested hoping to learn the hobby slowly, I was expecting this to happen but just need to know what all can be changed. I know all that i did were mistakes.
I bought a nano tank 32Litres of dymax gs5
I changed the light to red sea
My LFS told me i dont need to cycle as he provided me 2 live rocks
Cycled water from his coral tanks
I added few corals
Kenya tree
Gsp
Micromussa
Mushroom
Flowerpot tentacles neon
Daisy corals
Zoa
I added too many cuc’s
2 trochus snails
1 brittle star
1 globe urchin
2 blue hermits
and finally the fish
2 clowns

ALL IN ONE DAY AND ONE GO.

Now 24hrs later ammonia reads 2ppm
No other parameters checked.

Can someone please guide me to do it the right way?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R! #WelcometoR2R
Definitely slooooww way down. Nothing good happens in this hobby fast. Likely adding all that stuff too fast caused the ammonia spike and the tank isn't ready to deal with it. Is all you added was the 2 live rocks or did you add other rock such as dry or dead rock? 2ppm isn't the end of the world, as long as the clowns are acting normal and don't seem distressed. Keep monitoring and if ammonia climbs too much do small water changes to bring the level down until the tank can cope with it.
Also give this a good read through, theres alot of good information in this subforum from @Brew12

Cycling an Aquarium

Cycling a new aquarium. One of the earliest topics a new aquarium hobbyist needs to learn is how to properly cycle their aquarium. There is a ton of information on this process and many different methods on how to accomplish it. There are many different chemical and biological cycles our tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome to Reef2Reef and to the saltwater hobby!

Yes, it's likely you went too fast and overstocked the tank on day one. Can you do a water change if needed? CAn you prepare water in advance with the same temp, salinity, and pH of your tank water, or can you get more water from your LFS?

Adding some bottle bacteria product like Fritz Turbo Start may also help.

Good luck!

 

[Rohan1992]

I have added a small piece of dry rock as well, the clowns are swimming just near the filter since last couple of hours until few hours back they were fine eating 4-4 pellets each.
I have called the LFS guy tomorrow morning to do a water change. Also i had added bottled bacteria yesterday and today as well.

The LFS guy will get more of his already cycled water.

Also looking for suggestions, if i should reduce any livestock or will this small tank eventually cope up with this load??

 

[Cell]

1 clown is too much fish for an 8G tank, much less 2. Cycled water does not help, maybe you mean fresh saltwater. Stop getting advice from your LFS and come here instead.