Good evening everyone,
I need some urgent help, my Ammonia levels are through the roof!
I have a mixed reef 120Litre tank consisting of 2 clown fish, 1 yellow wrasse - I feed them twice a day using a mix of Mysis/Marine Mix/Brine Shrimp and only feed what they eat no excess left.
I also dose Red Sea Coral Nutrition 4ml per day every day.
My parameters are as follows:
So to give some background information, i upgraded my tank over 4 weeks ago and i am on my 5th week, the nitrite raised and is now reading 0.
I have Brightwell Bio Brick, 2000ml of biocubes (from previous tank), Zeolite media, Carbon Media, Purigen, Micro-Lift Sili-Out 2, Brightwell Bio Cubes, and two filter socks for mechanical filtration which i clean every 2-3 days.
I also add in AquaOne Bio balls for additional bacteria.
I dose have been dosing NoPox the entire time and my nitrates are coming down and the water is lovely and clear.
I see what looks like to be alot of bacteria being grown which i believe is as a result of the NoPox (See pics) growing in my filters.
I use Reef Octopus 1000 skimmer which is running 24/7 which produces a fair amount of skinmate which i clean ever 2-3 days.
I use a Red Sea 50 light which i run at 18k.
I have used weekly Microbe-Lift Water Conditioner which suspends my Ammonia to 0 but now i am in my 5 week i have to stop dosing the conditioner to the whole tank and can only use it on my new water with my water changes.
I dose Microbe-Lift Special Blend a few hours after the conditioner is dosed, but my Ammonia is uncontrollable.
I hope this helps to give the full picture as to my setup - I have tested the Ammonia countless times and there i do not believe there reading is incorrect as it has been drifting between 0.6 to 1.3 over the last few weeks and i have retest a few times.
I used the Red Sea Marine Care Kit and the Red Sea Foundation Pro Test kit.
Now (touch wood) the fish are showing no sign of distress and they are eating like piranhas!
I change 10% of my water weekly (17 litres est.) using RODI water only.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how i get these levels down?
Should i feed less often, give the tank more time to settle?
Any help would be great!
Many thanks...
I need some urgent help, my Ammonia levels are through the roof!
I have a mixed reef 120Litre tank consisting of 2 clown fish, 1 yellow wrasse - I feed them twice a day using a mix of Mysis/Marine Mix/Brine Shrimp and only feed what they eat no excess left.
I also dose Red Sea Coral Nutrition 4ml per day every day.
My parameters are as follows:
Salinity | 1.026 |
Magnesium (Mg) | 1280 |
Alkalinity (KH) | 3.2, 9 |
Calcium (Ca) | 460 |
Phosphate (PO3) | 0 |
Nitrate (NO3) | 6 |
Nitrite (NO2) | 0 |
pH | 8 |
Ammonia (NH3/NH4) | 1.3 |
So to give some background information, i upgraded my tank over 4 weeks ago and i am on my 5th week, the nitrite raised and is now reading 0.
I have Brightwell Bio Brick, 2000ml of biocubes (from previous tank), Zeolite media, Carbon Media, Purigen, Micro-Lift Sili-Out 2, Brightwell Bio Cubes, and two filter socks for mechanical filtration which i clean every 2-3 days.
I also add in AquaOne Bio balls for additional bacteria.
I dose have been dosing NoPox the entire time and my nitrates are coming down and the water is lovely and clear.
I see what looks like to be alot of bacteria being grown which i believe is as a result of the NoPox (See pics) growing in my filters.
I use Reef Octopus 1000 skimmer which is running 24/7 which produces a fair amount of skinmate which i clean ever 2-3 days.
I use a Red Sea 50 light which i run at 18k.
I have used weekly Microbe-Lift Water Conditioner which suspends my Ammonia to 0 but now i am in my 5 week i have to stop dosing the conditioner to the whole tank and can only use it on my new water with my water changes.
I dose Microbe-Lift Special Blend a few hours after the conditioner is dosed, but my Ammonia is uncontrollable.
I hope this helps to give the full picture as to my setup - I have tested the Ammonia countless times and there i do not believe there reading is incorrect as it has been drifting between 0.6 to 1.3 over the last few weeks and i have retest a few times.
I used the Red Sea Marine Care Kit and the Red Sea Foundation Pro Test kit.
Now (touch wood) the fish are showing no sign of distress and they are eating like piranhas!
I change 10% of my water weekly (17 litres est.) using RODI water only.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how i get these levels down?
Should i feed less often, give the tank more time to settle?
Any help would be great!
Many thanks...