Problems with an established tank.

[kcmo lawman]

My ammonia is still at 1ppm, but my nitrates have dropped to 5ppm and my nitrites are at 0. My ph is at about 8.2 now.
I got a suprise when I woke up this morning. It seems that one of my blue legged hermits has survived all of this and is doing fine. I found him chugging along the sand bed this morning. I have noticed a couple more pods, but not many. Would it be safe to add more live rock at this point or should I wait for a little while longer?

Thanks for all the help,

Bradd

 

[Max]

If it's curred add away. I'd also add some more clean up crew fwiw they'll help eat what ever it is that you aren't finding in the tank. I'd suspect that you have a dead critter somewhere that you can't see that may have been what nuked your tank man. I'd do water changes to keep ammonia below .5 ppm it won't be toxic nearly as fast at that level.
hth
good luck
chris

 

[wattsd]

Not sure how true this is but I have heard that once copper gets into a tank it is nearly impossible to get it out. So if you decide to add another invert make it small and cheap. If it lives...you might be in the clear. Though I wouldn't have guessed ANY inverts would have survived if it was a copper problem and you had some hermits make it. I am a newbie at this so take what I say with a grain of salt.
Good luck, I hope everything turns out ok.