Playing Catch-Up with Ammonia
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You probably saved some of my fish man by suggesting I check my tap ph. THANK YOU. I would have woken up in the morning and done a fat 50% again which might have sent my ph through the roof.This is why I love this forum. I will refrain from water changes for now and will not feed for a day or two to keep ammonia down until the bacteria catches up in the jumpstarted 2260 I will setup first thing tomorrow with some bacteria from my other filters.
Now that I know the tap here is out of wack, what can help this high ph issue? I have driftwood in my tank and won't add more to keep the bottom nice and open. Do you suggest removing the crushed coral from my eheim? My ph was usually 6 when I was living at my old place and I had to run the coral to keep it at 6.4 even
There's nothing wrong with a PH of 7 or even higher. The problem is when you try to change it or in this case a extremely heavily stocked tank. I wouldn't worry about PH once you get all of the parameters sorted out.
Ok. A far larger tank is in the works. Planning has begun. As far as heavily stocked tanks, youtube mfk and explain what you see. I'm not the first nor the last to do this and my problem is that I have been over feeding. Now that I noticed this I want help not critisism
to get thing back in order.The ph is okay from the tap as long as there are no ammonia in the water. Once your tank is cycled, then you don't need to worry about it.
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Thank you. A member here F1 said that as well. That the increased bio load required more bacteria than what was currently available. No ammonia in the tap as I tested earlier. I will cut down feeding (as I am guilty of overfeeding lately) and I will just let the tank be for now and continue to test the water atleast once a day. Anything else u recommend besides the obvious tank upgrade :thumbup:
Ok. A far larger tank is in the works. Planning has begun. As far as heavily stocked tanks, youtube mfk and explain what you see. I'm not the first nor the last to do this and my problem is that I have been over feeding. Now that I noticed this I want help not critisism
You can keep 15 stingrays in there...I don't care. Lol. I just think that is your culprit and even adding more filtration isn't going to fix the underlying problem. Your putting a band-aid on a severed leg. If your making or getting a larger tank then do as others have said. A band-aid might just get you through this cycling problem.
. You have received good advice so far.
Setup the 2260 with pads and a gallon or seachem matrix for now. Also added some bacteria ina bottle (which wreaks like rotten eggs) for a 75 gallon tank.
I literally have 70cents left. Lol Hopefully it all works out. May have a friend hold some fish down also for a bit.
I literally have 70cents left. Lol Hopefully it all works out. May have a friend hold some fish down also for a bit.
