Please tell me i didn't kill everyone..

[BanZI29]

Had an ammonia spike today (1.5) from 0 in 24 hours. This has never happened before . I think I used too much special blend or something. My tank has been cycled for 2 months now.
Nitrite-.50
Nitrate- 5.0
Calcium=440
Phos- .10
dKh- 9
The LFS said get amguard and clarify and use them at the same time. My water hasbeen cloudy fof 2 days now.
Now my coral all went limp (see pix) after i put in the clarify. Used the reccomended amount for a 25g tank
Please advise. All help appreciated.

 

[fishguy242]

hi, big water change, add carbon,how many gallons is tank? skimmer?any fish /inverts ,how are they?

 

[BanZI29]

hi, big water change, add carbon,how many gallons is tank? skimmer?

Just did a 50% change last fri. Have carbon in it already 1 month old, no skimmer

 

[fishguy242]

ok but ammonia spiked today? how are fish?carbon is 1 month old?

 

[BanZI29]

ok but ammonia spiked today? how are fish?

No fish. Just coral yes ammonka spiked today. Added too much special blend bacteria yesterday.

 

[fishguy242]

water change ,fresh carbon ,asap

 

[BanZI29]

water change ,fresh carbon ,asap

Can't do more then 5 gal as of now. And have aquachar carbon. Arr the coral ok though? Did i do too much too fast withboth amguard and clarify?

 

[Uncle99]

Just did a 50% change last fri. Have carbon in it already 1 month old, no skimmer

Carbon becomes somewhat ineffective after say a week, so needs the refresh to continue mopping up.

 

[fishguy242]

Can't do more then 5 gal as of now. And have aquachar carbon. Arr the coral ok though? Did i do too much too fast withboth amguard and clarify?

i'm sorry i cannot answer that ??do not use either ,hope someone here can answer,i just see the need to get ammo down asap

 

[fishguy242]

what size tank? @vetteguy53081 ^^^???

 

[BanZI29]

what size tank? @vetteguy53081 ^^^???

25 gal

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

I agree that another water change, even if it’s only 5 gallons will help. Im assuming it’s a 25 gallon tank, so that would still be 20%. Also, changing the carbon couldn’t also wouldn’t hurt, as noted above.

 

[BanZI29]

Just put in a bag of aquachar. About 1 measured cup size in cheese cloth, and rinsed in r.o water

 

[Uncle99]

Your inverts will be more tolerant to “some” low levels of ammonia but fish, not so much.
Locking up any ammonia was the correct thing to do, but, not sure why we want to use clarifier, clean carbon should do that.

If your fish looked stressed out or rapid breathing, change more water, otherwise you should be fine.

1.5 ammonia for inverts should not be any issue.

 

[LRT]

I experienced same thing when I upgraded my system to double its size when it was only a cpl months fresh from cycle.
Did you add beneficial bacteria during big water changes?
It kinda sounds like you momentarily upset and reset your system being only 2 months cycled.

 

[Uncle99]

Just put in a bag of aquachar. About 1 measured cup size in cheese cloth, and rinsed in r.o water

Perfect, just that run.

 

[BanZI29]

I experienced same thing when I upgraded my system to double its size when it was only a cpl months fresh from cycle.
Did you add beneficial bacteria during big water changes?
It kinda sounds like you momentarily upset and reset your system being only 2 months cycled.

I did a big water change on fri. Added about 60 mL of specia blend bacteria on sunday night after spot fed all the coral ref roids.

 

[fishguy242]

I did a big water change on fri. Added about 60 mL of specia blend bacteria on sunday night after spot fed all the coral ref roids.

overfed tank too much too quick

 

[vetteguy53081]

Forget carbon - Get some chemipure Elite.

As for products. . .. clarity may make tank cloudy for a day or two BUT . . . . In order for Clarity to work effectively, you should have a filter with mechanical filtration using a filter sock or filter floss connected to your aquarium to entrap particles which it clumps. If not, you literally raise toxicity.
With the Amguard, It is an ammonia controller and not detoxifier and if you had free form ammonia, it likely made the tank toxic to fish and coral. These liquids are good in an emergency only and not as a treatment. Seachem prime would have been safer.
If you dosed Amguard at more than one capful per 50 gallons, the tank likely experienced toxicity. AmGuard does not remove ammonia from the system. It simply binds ammonia and may lower oxygen levels in the process.
Were you able to test after adding these two to see what your readings were ?
What test kit(s) are you using?

 

[BanZI29]

Forget carbon - Get some chemipure Elite.

As for products. . .. clarity may make tank cloudy for a day or two BUT . . . . In order for Clarity to work effectively, you should have a filter with mechanical filtration using a filter sock or filter floss connected to your aquarium to entrap particles which it clumps. If not, you literally raise toxicity.
With the Amguard, It is an ammonia controller and not detoxifier and if you had free form ammonia, it likely made the tank toxic to fish and coral. These liquids are good in an emergency only and not as a treatment. Seachem prime would have been safer.
If you dosed Amguard at more than one capful per 50 gallons, the tank likely experienced toxicity. AmGuard does not remove ammonia from the system. It simply binds ammonia and may lower oxygen levels in the process.
Were you able to test after adding these two to see what your readings were ?
What test kit(s) are you using?

I use api tests for now. I only put in enough amguard that thd instructions reccomended. I measured out 5 mL in a syringe and added it to thw punp chamber. Same with the clarifier right after. Filtration is fimter floss both sides, then carbon both sides, gfo one side, xuge with chaeto, fritz max out pro media bag, and purigen in #2 chamber.