Please tell me i didn't kill everyone..

[BanZI29]

How are your fish?
There’s fish in there right?

If they are happy, ammonia is zero

No fish just softies and lps coral

 

[Erick Armanii]

Do a water change to get the levels at or near zero and no prime! Stop with the additives lol!!!

 

[BanZI29]

Do a water change to get the levels at or near zero and no prime! Stop with the additives lol!!!

Yea kinda thought that additives are just a band aid instead in a emergency. So water change it is....again

 

[ReefBeta]

FYI, ammonia is not toxic to corals. Ammonia is toxic because it damage hemoglobin's ability to carry oxygen. Coral don't have that, or blood.

The cloudiness is probably bacteria bloom from all the addictive you add. For a new tank, don't start at the recommended dosage for any addictive. It's better to start half or even quarter and slowly scale it up.

 

[Uncle99]

No fish just softies and lps coral

No issues then

 

[BanZI29]

Do you seed bacteria such as Macrobact7 or other? If not you need to start ASAP. I didn't read all the posts yet - but what is your current filtration? Do you have a sump? protein skimmer?

Is microbacter7 something I can dose on a regular basis? Is it better then microb lift special blend?

 

[dru312]

Is microbacter7 something I can dose on a regular basis? Is it better then microb lift special blend?

Yes and I'm not sure how it compares to what you use. I know I have been using it for years with very positive results.

You can dose it daily and then weekly.

Check you tube and you can see others results etc.

 

[dru312]

I would just wait and let your bacteria bloom subside and you should be good. I would look into adding a clown pair as the other reefer suggested. This will help dramatically in the cycle.

 

[dru312]

I would look into adding some brightwell cubes as well. You can seed them in a bucket for a couple weeks and they would be very beneficial to your reef.

 

[dru312]

How's it looking today?

 

[BanZI29]

I would look into adding some brightwell cubes as well. You can seed them in a bucket for a couple weeks and they would be very beneficial to your reef.

Same thing as matrix media? If so I do have about a full bottle worth of that in there, equally spread.out in all 4 chambers

 

[BanZI29]

How's it looking today?

Water still cloudy. Everyone looked ok. The bubble tree looks a bit shriveld thou. The hammers also looked a bit limp and won't come out completly.

 

[dru312]

it will take time for them to recover... don't add anything else just let time and water changes do the work

 

[stanlalee]

Same thing as matrix media? If so I do have about a full bottle worth of that in there, equally spread.out in all 4 chambers

Does the same thing, might be more porous but if you have matrix in there stick with it.

I still don't understand how you got an ammonia spike with no fish and bacteria dosing. Bacteria consumers ammonia so would overdosing cause a spike?

 

[BanZI29]

I'm not totally sure honestly. its the only difference I could think of except putting a Fritz maxout pro media bag in.
how long should it take for the bacteria bloom to go away?

 

[BanZI29]

Ok so 10 gal water change done. Current levels
Ammonia;.25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
pH:8.0
Calcium: 420
Phos: 0
dKh: 9
new Small bag of chemipure blue and a bag of carbon.
Still looks cloudy but probobly needs to settle so we'll see.

 

[dru312]

Your corals look a lot better. Should take a few days to clear up

 

[BanZI29]

So....everybody looks happy! Thd water is clear and levels are good again. I turned on the white lights to show true colors and conditions. Thankyou all again for all the help and support. I really appreciate it!

 

[dru312]

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In case you need some new ones :_)

 

[Superlightman]

Nite out should'nt have been used without you have fisch,microblift said it in one video,max 24h after the fish should be put inside or bacteria die.don't know of it was the reason,but i write it because it could help someone in the futur