I had an ammonia spike(went up to 5) and couldn't get it to go down so I put the fish in other tank's I had and was wondering about the lr I have it in a rubbermaid container and have heater and a power head in there but was wondering about die off ,will there be a lot of die off or will it be ok ,I'm adding more live sand to the tank when I get it running and will I had to recycle the tank again before adding fish again have not had this problem before so i'm stumped about doing this so any help would help:help: thanks again
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so you have any ideas as to what caused the ammonia spike? 5ppn is huge, i'm surprised you have fish left. was the live rock already in the rubbermaid or did you move it there after the spike?
moved it after the spike and the ammonia came from me putting an antiboic in the dt for a bactria that was in the tank(dumb I know that now it was metronidozide)(for ick)they forgot to tell me to change 25%for the water after the meds a bad mistake for sure but and now I have learned a big lesson
I'm confused. Way too many words with no periods, my brain went on overload trying to comprehend lol.
So, you threw in rock and fish into the tank, tossed in meds and there was an ammonia spike?
I wouldn't put any medications in my main tank, I don't think that putting emds in and not doing a 25% WC would cause the spike of ammonia.
Was the rock cured? If it was shipped but labeled as cured, there is going to be some dieoff. Was the tank cycled to begin with?
So, you threw in rock and fish into the tank, tossed in meds and there was an ammonia spike?
I wouldn't put any medications in my main tank, I don't think that putting emds in and not doing a 25% WC would cause the spike of ammonia.
Was the rock cured? If it was shipped but labeled as cured, there is going to be some dieoff. Was the tank cycled to begin with?
no the rock and fish were already in the dt for about 1yr and yes the lr was cured when it was put in the dt ....
5 ppm is a lot of ammonia. For levels to reach that high, I would expect several sizeable critters to have died. It does sound like the meds you used wiped out a very large part of your favorable bacteria population (if not all of it).
From here, the rock will need to be recured and the fish should stay in quarantine. I'd recommend a large water change and running some carbon in the display tank to help remove any meds that are left in the water. Then, you could just recure the rock in the display tank, since the fish are not in there. After the rock is cured again, I'd slowly add fish back in one at a time, with at least 10 days between additions to make sure the bacteria population is given time to adjust to each addition before another one is made.
From here, the rock will need to be recured and the fish should stay in quarantine. I'd recommend a large water change and running some carbon in the display tank to help remove any meds that are left in the water. Then, you could just recure the rock in the display tank, since the fish are not in there. After the rock is cured again, I'd slowly add fish back in one at a time, with at least 10 days between additions to make sure the bacteria population is given time to adjust to each addition before another one is made.
This is very good advice. I would take things as slow as you can. A 5ppm ammonia spike is extremely high. You have to be really careful about medicating your DT.
I'm not missing any fish or clean up crew that I can think of .Thanks for the encouraging comment ,really frustrates me that I could do something so dumb,now I will haft to wait for lr to recycle and the bacteria to build up again at least I have a qt to keep the fish in thanks again
