Ammonia .5ppm

[coralcoralcoral10]

Hello I had a 46 gallon tank that I transferred into a 144 gallon tank 5 days ago and now my ammonia is .5ppm. Treating it with Ammo lock. Anything I should do. All fish are fine. Other parameters are fine. PH 8.2. Nitrate/Nitrite 0. Anyone have any tips?

 

[brandon429]

It's OK no harm, that water treatment causes misreads now

The ammonia = .05 not .5 see nh3 converting charts

A tank pic will likely show healthy animals too. Clean water, post tank pic

 

[brandon429]

Also handy for troubleshoots

At no time does a low level ammonia event from a transfer take more than an hour to resolve, per any seneye of course. These non digital kits simply have a massive lag time to the truth. A pic of the tank is the final determinant, not any test kit.

 

[coralcoralcoral10]

Hello I had a 46 gallon tank that I transferred into a 144 gallon tank 5 days ago and now my ammonia is .5ppm. Treating it with Ammo lock. Anything I should do. All fish are fine. Other parameters are fine. PH 8.2. Nitrate/Nitrite 0. Anyone have any tips?

 

[brandon429]

got tank pics?

the reason nh3/ .05 matters above is because in reefing we don't assess the total ammonia/.5 form.

if your system was running .5 nh3 for five days marked stress would show in pics, fish behavior poor etc. so with those pics, it'll be very easy to fix up your issue/no issue.

 

[coralcoralcoral10]

got tank pics?

the reason nh3/ .05 matters above is because in reefing we don't assess the total ammonia/.5 form.

if your system was running .5 nh3 for five days marked stress would show in pics, fish behavior poor etc. so with those pics, it'll be very easy to fix up your issue/no issue.

 

[coralcoralcoral10]

Thank you. I’m embarrassed about the diatoms. I’ve tried everything to clean them up. No excuse and it’s my fault but I went into this blind and went to my local shop and they see me up for the first 4 months with a freshwater setup. Just recently changed to the forest filter and skimmer. Also my torch got BJD all other coral are fine just did my first coral dip and placed it back.

 

[brandon429]

That tank looks great! Those are natural parts of the reef, expressed at times more than others/ in cycle. All looks great here

 

[coralcoralcoral10]

That tank looks great! Those are natural parts of the reef, expressed at times more than others/ in cycle. All looks great here

Thank you so much. Also I may have lost a torch coral it smells bad and was covered in BJD. Cleaned the coral and dipped tonight. I will monitor it. Any tips for future sick coral.