ammonia

Full set of Hanna Electronic Test Kits. Set of 8. Used for roughly 6 months. Work and look perfectly. All reagents are current with at least a year before expiration besides the Calcium Checker which includes 0 reagents. They expired last month. This entire kit would retail for over $500...

I have a different thread on my Helene natural disaster journey. However, I wanted to make a thread specifically regarding ammonia management. Our 200g DT was on bubbler-only for 2-3 days. Upon restart (of half the tank, no lights), ammonia is the highest I’ve ever seen it even when I’ve cycled...

I have a 12 Gallon Bookshelf aquarium with a 3 gallon refugium full of chaeto. Tank has been running for months. Ive dosed ammonia, added media and rock, from other established aquariums, and probably used 4 500mL bottles of Microbacter bacteria. My nitrates in the tank are high, but no matter...

So I just started up my new tank. As a source of bacteria, I used Ocean Direct Live Sand and Dr. Tim's One and Only for Reef tanks. For ammonia, I used Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride. Tank is filled with saltwater at 1.025 specific gravity. Original water is RODI. I added the bacteria and ammonium...

I am getting supplies to cycle my 180gallon tank. For a fishless cycle, if I went with Dr Times, 4 drops per gallon x 200 (can’t forget the sump) is 800drops. Figure 2 drops per once that is 40oz of ammonium chloride. However, Dr Timms says a 4oz bottle will do 200 gallons. Am I missing something?

Call me crazy, but after some Dr Tim’s + Ammonia and a lot of waiting, I thought I was on a great cycling track. Then my ammonia levels started rising for an empty tank. Does anyone know what’s happening here?

I am going crazy! I’m losing fish, I suspect ammonia, but I can’t 100% confirm it. I started up a brand new tank that I wanted to use as observation post-quarantine for fish I was treating in copper. It’s a 55 gallon tank that I used brand new saltwater and cycled with ammonia chloride and...

Hey everyone! Need some guidance, I’m new to the hobby, when I started my fishless cycle I added dr Tim’s one and only and I added ammonia, I didn’t test the water until week 3 cause I thought I was meant to just wait weeks on end and be patience, and I didn’t get the memo that I was suppose to...

Hi Everyone! My 32 gallon tank currently consists of the following: (I just added the bottom 3 fish two days ago) 2x Black storm Clownfish (on the smaller side about 1 inch) 1x Helfrichi firefish (also on the smaller side) 1x Citrinis Clown goby (hes my biggest fish about 2 inches) 1x Yasha...

I purchased a tank off of Facebook marketplace. I was understood it to be a cycled tank. But when purchased I was only given 5 gallons of the water. There for I made all new water. I know my tank is acting a little funny and not opening up like it should. I bought the regular test kits and all...

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...

Long story short, got a new tank, purple life rock, and aragonite substrate. I tested my ammonia to get a base reading and I was showing 1.0 ppm on the api test and .8 on the Red Sea ammonia test. I was puzzled to why I’m showing ammonia within a few hours of setting up my new tank (20g nano)...

I had an issue with a reef tank, and was chasing down the cause of high ammonia, when during the process of testing everything, I checked a fresh sample of RO mixed with CP in a glass container. I was surprised to see that the reading on the Hanna was 0.1 To follow that up, I tested both the...

I had an issue with a reef tank, and was chasing down the cause of high ammonia, when during the process of testing everything, I checked a fresh sample of RO mixed with CP in a glass container. I was surprised to see that the reading on the Hanna was 0.1 To follow that up, I tested both the...

So my fish tank cracked when I was moving it, I used rags to collect some water and through my corals and fish and rock in a bucket, I ran to the store and bought premade saltwater, now the next day I tested my tank and it’s at ammonia is through the roof!!! Not sure what I can dose to lower...

150 gallon new tank was set up and cycled with bottled ammonia for a month. After a month, added a Foxface and scopas tang. Several weeks later, added a powder blue tang, pair of clownfish, and a melanuras wrasse. During that time I also added a clean up crew and several small coral frags. The...

Hello everyone, Five days ago I started my fishless cycle using Dr Tim's one and only, my water volume is 14.5 gallons and I dosed the whole 4oz bottle. The reading for each day are the same each day Ph 8.0, Ammonia 1.0 and Nitrite 0. I tested my Nitrates today and it's at 5. Is my tank...

I spent all day tending to my tank, after cleaning, changing filter socks, and checking chemistry. I felt like feeding my coral which I never do. It tempt me today when I seen my scoly stick its feeders out full blown and felt this was the perfect time to feed mysis shrimp with a little reef...

Hi, I have a Fluval Evo 5. The tank has been running for about 6-7 months now, absolutely no issues until now. I had a pike blenny and a elongate dottyback (too small of a tank and overstocked, I know, was planning on moving them to a 16 gallon) until both vanished one day. I pulled apart the...

On day 8 of Dr Tim’s fishless cycle with one and only and ammonium chloride in an IM Nuvo 15. Set up is mostly 15lbs dry rock and dry aragonite with maybe 5lbs of live rock from my 20gal so not starting with a large established bacterial population. followed the chart but only dosed the...

I’m new to saltwater tanks and this is my first post. I have almost finished my cycle and I haven’t bought any fish yet. Since I would have to quarantine them for a couple of weeks, I was wondering if I have to dose with ammonia until a few days before i add my first fish? Any advice would be...

Hello, I'm very new here but I was hoping I could get some help with my recent issue. I started my nano tank end of last year and had a pair of clowns and some inverts in 10 gallon. Never any issues, even though my clowns were eating like pigs. Recently I moved everyone to a new 10 gallon tank...

Howdy fellow reefers! I need some assistance: I have a 89g Redsea Reefer (Total Column is 112g) that is about 8m old. At month ~4 (Feb/March '23), the Alk suddenly spiked at >20 overnight. I was dosing insane amounts of Alk to keep up with all the frags I had in there, then out of nowhere it...

Having chloramines can be quite a nightmare! Burning through DI Resin, ruining your RO Membrane, algae problems, coral health issues & more! Our Chloramine Blaster Carbon is a medical-grade carbon that is designed for use in dialysis where ammonia removal is crucial. Available in pre-filled...

I set up my tank a week ago and I followed the BRS guide and bought a clown as well as Dr. Tim’s One and Only Nitrifying Bacteria and put both in the tank. I’ve been checking every other day for the levels using the API Saltwater Master Test Kit and those same levels are practically stagnant. I...