On a list of my stupid and impulse decisions…

[AydenLincoln]

On a list of my stupid/impulse decisions! I noticed Hewbie’s tank had an ammonia spike of more than 1 because I stirred up the sand cleaning it and he poops a lot. And I could tell he was breathing heavily. So I decided to remove him because I didn’t have any water made. So I temporarily added him in a rush to the reef tank and put the inverts in a breeder box. Well everyone just freaked out. And so now he’s back in his tank and I added established media which I should’ve done to begin with while I make more water. Everyone is stressed including me! And my bacteria is at school so I was dosing AmGuard and I know that is only temporary.

 

[Saltyreef]

On a list of my stupid/impulse decisions! I noticed Hewbie’s tank had an ammonia spike of more than 1 because I stirred up the sand cleaning it and he poops a lot. And I could tell he was breathing heavily. So I decided to remove him because I didn’t have any water made. So I temporarily added him in a rush to the reef tank and put the inverts in a breeder box. Well everyone just freaked out. And so now he’s back in his tank and I added established media which I should’ve done to begin with while I make more water. Everyone is stressed including me! And my bacteria is at school so I was dosing AmGuard and I know that is only temporary.

I threw away my ammonia test kit after i cycled and quarantined everything.

Total ammonia tests are borderline useless on a cycled system to say the least....

 

[AydenLincoln]

I threw away my ammonia test kit after i cycled and quarantined everything.

Total ammonia tests are borderline useless on a cycled system to say the least....

That’s true but this is a quarantine tank about a month old and I noticed he was breathing heavily and the Seachem ammonia alert showing an alert and a SpinTouch tests ammonia regardless and it matched the badge of being over 1.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I threw away my ammonia test kit after i cycled and quarantined everything.

Total ammonia tests are borderline useless on a cycled system to say the least....

Glad to report the ammonia sorted itself out without any water changes.