A little help please

[Twoddler]

Hi all, Well I'm guilty of over feeding my tank (1000 ltr total ) sorry get confused with us gal and imp gal
Using red sea, my total ammonia is 0.2, tank is just over 4mth stocked with coral and fish, no signs of illness.

Temp 24.4
Ph 8
Salt 1024
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 40

Do I need to take immediate action ( apart from reduce feeding ) ? Or just ride it out
I am planning to do a 10% water change this wk and

Await your advise thankyou

 

[JGT]

Hi all, Well I'm guilty of over feeding my tank (1000 ltr total ) sorry get confused with us gal and imp gal
Using red sea, my total ammonia is 0.2, tank is just over 4mth stocked with coral and fish, no signs of illness.

Temp 24.4
Ph 8
Salt 1024
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 40

Do I need to take immediate action ( apart from reduce feeding ) ? Or just ride it out
I am planning to do a 10% water change this wk and

Await your advise thankyou

How old is your tank?

 

[Twoddler]

How old is your tank?

About 4 half mths

 

[Flippers4pups]

Hi all, Well I'm guilty of over feeding my tank (1000 ltr total ) sorry get confused with us gal and imp gal
Using red sea, my total ammonia is 0.2, tank is just over 4mth stocked with coral and fish, no signs of illness.

Temp 24.4
Ph 8
Salt 1024
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 40

Do I need to take immediate action ( apart from reduce feeding ) ? Or just ride it out
I am planning to do a 10% water change this wk and

Await your advise thankyou

What ammonia test kit are you using? If API, i'd say it's a false positive.

The N03, though a little high isn't an issue. I'd let it ride for now.

 

[JGT]

About 4 half mths

So 1000 liters is 265 gallons. How much rock do you have in there and what type of filtration? Presume you cycled it?

 

[Twoddler]

What ammonia test kit are you using? If API, i'd say it's a false positive.

The N03, though a little high isn't an issue. I'd let it ride for now.

Hi I'm using redsea test kits

 

[Flippers4pups]

Hi I'm using redsea test kits

I'd do a small water change this weekend and cut back on the amount of food they get for awhile. Should be okay.

 

[Twoddler]

So 1000 liters is 265 gallons. How much rock do you have in there and what type of filtration? Presume you cycled it?

Hi, yes went through fishless no bb cycle, got some rock from another tank, about 50kg, skimmer, floss, bio blocks also from another tank, everythings been fine just been running a little high on nitrates, no dead fish or inverts that I can see

 

[JGT]

Hi, yes went through fishless no bb cycle, got some rock from another tank, about 50kg, skimmer, floss, bio blocks also from another tank, everythings been fine just been running a little high on nitrates, no dead fish or inverts that I can see

Could be faulty test kit or you really spoil your fish. Lighten the feeding schedule and do a water change. Either a few small ones so you change out 25 gallons or 1 larger one. Retest.

 

[Twoddler]

Could be faulty test kit or you really spoil your fish. Lighten the feeding schedule and do a water change. Either a few small ones so you change out 25 gallons or 1 larger one. Retest.

Yes I do spoil them, first tank, so still learning, I've had a few issues but with help from members on here have managed to sort.
Another thing that occured to me, I have thin sand bed, today was the first time I cleaned it, my tank is 28 in deep could nt find a gravel cleaner deep enough, but today I got a battery operated one with a filter to catch the crap so cleaned the bed