I think I’ll just add ammonia myself. I have never had much luck in other tanks just using treatments and only waiting 3 days. Thanks for the suggestion though.
ALL FISH DEAD IN ONE NIGHT... HELP
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Hello; You can use the ammonia for sure. The ammonia is food for the beneficial bacteria (bb) and will allow the bb to multiply as they consume it. Just adding ammonia in a new tank will eventually result in bb colonies in maybe six to eight weeks. The bb find a way into a new tank and start with very small numbers and reproduce slowly.
You can use the ammonia and also get the cycle done quicker. Take some media from the established tank which will have a lot of the bb. Those bb will eat the ammonia and get up to good numbers in a few days. Your pick.
just read the thread and im sorry for the event. Another possibility to consider is a proir water change before the event. In my area the water treatment facility will occasionally overdose the water supply with extra chloramine to treat water. My local water company especially does this after major storms when then the sewers and reservoirs overflow and raise above average. I remember that the first time they did this the majority of fish stores in my area lost 50% and up of all their livestock and everyone else who did a water change on that particular day was in a literal panic....everyones fish died overnight...it was crazy.....Now in my area when major storms come through literally everyone waits a few days before doing a water change or they double even triple the recommended dosage of their dechlorinating chemical. It was for sure the biggest aquarium nightmare i have ever seen....it even shut one particular small LFS down. I know you cant reverse time but it might be comforting to ask your local water treatment district if they utilize this practice...in fact i recommend everyone here do this important research. Im was lucky enuff to not have been affected by this.....but i remember having numerous fish buddies that lost livestock in thousands dollar range....
I tried Fritzyme and Doctor Tims all in one. It never really seemed to take hold. It took way more than 3 days for ammonia and nitites to settle down. I used lots of this stuff. Like I say, I needed Prime and lost of water changes in addition to this stuff.
Like others have said, getting filter materials or susbstrate from an established tank will help as it seeds the tank with the needed bacteria.
Hello; When you get a chance to read thru the links I posted this will be in them. The way to tell if a tank has a proper population of the beneficial bacteria (bb) is with a master water test kit. No matter which method you use to cycle the results will be 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and some number of nitrates.
Using the liquid ammonia you are to be doing the "fishless cycle" method.
Using the liquid ammonia you are to be doing the "fishless cycle" method.
City water is risky imo. There’s lots of things they could do to the water that the average person will never be aware of. Some times they will flush their water supply and retreat it before an inspection. Could have been something like that. I’ve seen open fire hydrants draining for days at the end of the water line where I live. Luckily I live right past it and am on a 150 foot deep well. But after that flush, I ran my well water through a Brita filter and found blue crystals in the filter. So it could have been something similar. Could also be an electrical problem. Heaters can crack and pumps and leak current into the tank. Idk if either have already been mentioned, this is a long thread. But those are the first things that come to mind. Not cycling. You would see symptoms leading up to a die off from ammonia. At least a day or two in advance. Sorry about the lose man.
