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Are your fish alive still? Breathing heavy?
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Good luck, I wonder what caused this
sfin52
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Did you have any snails that aren't accounted for. You could add some prime. Makes Ammonia non toxic I would also add some bacteria Dr Tim's one and only is good. Water change is a good starting point.
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Well done! We will get this figured out for ya. At least your fish should sleep well tonight ;Shamefullyembarrased
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Those parameters tell me the tank is immature and has not cycled properly.
If it was a cycled tank. There will be no ammonia. Nitrites wont be that high either and nitrates are only 10 shows tank is at the last end of cycling.
I would use a bacteria product like Fritz Turbostart 900 or bio Spria or Dr Tim and get the cycle to finish.
I bet your reef parameters are going to be off as well.
It's too early and immature tank for fish and corals.
If it was a cycled tank. There will be no ammonia. Nitrites wont be that high either and nitrates are only 10 shows tank is at the last end of cycling.
I would use a bacteria product like Fritz Turbostart 900 or bio Spria or Dr Tim and get the cycle to finish.
I bet your reef parameters are going to be off as well.
It's too early and immature tank for fish and corals.
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This tank is not cycled, or the established cycle has been over run by a rapid increase of bio-load. Nitrite and ammonia should always be zero. If you don't bring the ammonia down FAST, like tonight, your fish will start to die. I don't know how much water you just changed, but if it was not 100% or close to it, you probably still have toxic levels of ammonia.
PRIME will buy you time. They have it at wal-mart.
Rather than dose an additive into the DT, you might consider making a fresh 5 gal bucket of salt water, matching it's temperature and SG to the tank water and transferring your fish + heater + air stone over to this bucket as an immediate action you could take to stop the permanent damage of your fishes gills from ammonia. This bucket will rapidly foul with ammonia as well, but it buys you maybe 24 hours to take more long lasting corrective action.
Add prime, perform a 100% water change(buy distilled water at the store if you have to), or make up a life boat bucket ASAP to save your livestock.
In terms of the plan for 24 hr+, I would look to find a cycled system to place the livestock in, even if it was at a LFS.
I would never go to sleep with fish in water that tests positive for ammonia, great way to wake up to a graveyard. Keep taking action until the test reads 0 or close to it(API sometimes gives a faint reading when the ammonia is negligible).
PRIME will buy you time. They have it at wal-mart.
Rather than dose an additive into the DT, you might consider making a fresh 5 gal bucket of salt water, matching it's temperature and SG to the tank water and transferring your fish + heater + air stone over to this bucket as an immediate action you could take to stop the permanent damage of your fishes gills from ammonia. This bucket will rapidly foul with ammonia as well, but it buys you maybe 24 hours to take more long lasting corrective action.
Add prime, perform a 100% water change(buy distilled water at the store if you have to), or make up a life boat bucket ASAP to save your livestock.
In terms of the plan for 24 hr+, I would look to find a cycled system to place the livestock in, even if it was at a LFS.
I would never go to sleep with fish in water that tests positive for ammonia, great way to wake up to a graveyard. Keep taking action until the test reads 0 or close to it(API sometimes gives a faint reading when the ammonia is negligible).
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Just got home everything seems to be alright but I did purchase dr Tim’s one and only. Going to add this in and see where it goes from here. Should I maybe do another water change before adding it?
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When you use Dr Tim, shake the crap out of it before using.
In my bacteria testing Dr Tim failed initially till I contacted Dr Tim himself and got the tip to shake it really well. It performed well after that.
Good luck
In my bacteria testing Dr Tim failed initially till I contacted Dr Tim himself and got the tip to shake it really well. It performed well after that.
Good luck
