Back in the Game... With a problem. Need some help.

Jesseliu13

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So after my big loss from the bad water outbreak, i took a break, resettled myself and got back into the Ray game slowly. I got 2 marbled motoros In my tank. Its a brand new tank, but with an old filter. After setting up my new tank and putting my rays in, i hooked up a wet dry filter from another tank onto it. Water was fine in the 125 gallon tank. But when i moved my wet/dry from the 125 to the 300 With new water and the rays, i think i may have created some sort of minicycle. So i dosed with prime, and the rays are eating. And im having an ammonia reading of about 1 which is extremely alarming. been about 4 days. I got about a 5 gallon bucket worth of ammonia chips. Should i put some into the filter?
 

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Sounds like a cycling issue. I would stick to water changes evry day if needed until the cycle completes. Another thing to consider, from my understanding, when using prime it can cause false readings.
 

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But moving it to a larger system more than twice the size could be causing it to go through a mini cycle. Thus the need to grow more beneficial bacteria so it can handle the larger volume.
 

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But moving it to a larger system more than twice the size could be causing it to go through a mini cycle. Thus the need to grow more beneficial bacteria so it can handle the larger volume.
Totally agree.
Large WCs every day would be best IMO, reduce the feeding slightly as well until the cycle is completed. WCs are key


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Putting a pair of rays in an unstable tank isn't the best idea. Good luck. If you're local to me I can give you some established media to further seed your tank. Otherwise, smaller frequent water changes are your best bet.
 

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Remember as well prime is there to detoxify ammonia, not get rid of it. Smaller daily water changes are better and will give the bacteria more time to establish on what sounds like the filter needing to re-cycle. The prime will detoxify the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate for the fish in the mean time. So doing masive water changes all the time will only slow the process.
 
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