So I just got home today to find that my fairy wrasse had died but this isn't what my question is about. Should I now do a water change to avoid an ammonia spike? I removed what was left of the carcass but it looked like my snails and crabs had been eating it for a few hours maybe. I did a water change yesterday so I don't want to do another one too quick if its not necessary. Any thoughts based on the situation?
Water Change after fish death?
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It would depend on the size of the tank .
and have you done tests to confirm high ammonia ?
ideally a cycled tank should process the ammonia and most likely has already processed it and you will not be able to test any increase .
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A test is easy if you want to.
If you’re not over stocked with fish , and the tank is cycled . I would bet you should have zero ammonia ( api will show .25 which is false
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