I guess my tank is cycled lol...I 'd like to get more opinion on this.
Setup:
240 Gallon, 55 gall W/D
Date: Sept 13
Filled the tank with water, tested for leaks, all good to go...
Date: Sept 14
- Pour 50 lbs of BRAND NEW Pool filter sand and 10 dead market prawn
- Set the heater to 85 degrees
Date: Sept 16
- No ammonia yet, so I start adding 4 ml of pure ammonia per day.
- Install an Emperor 400 filter that was in the current setup (full of nasty brown water
)
- Added about 6-7 gallons of established bio balls from current setup to the new W/D
Date: Sept 17
Add another 4 ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, showing .25ppm YAY...
Date: Sept 18
- Add another 4 ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, showing .25ppm again.,.
- Added about 10 lbs of pool filter sand from the current tank..
Date: Sept 19
- Tested for ammonia, got a big whopping ZERO, Test for Nitrite, got .25ppm..
- Still adding ammonia, but only 2 ml versus 4 ml
Date: Sept 20
- Added 2ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, ZERO
- Tested for Nitrite, got .25ppm again
Date Sept 21
- Tested for Nitrite, got a ZERO
- Tested for Nitrate, got 10 ppm WTF, already ?
Date Sept 22
- Dumped about 100 ml of Seachem Stability and 20 Rosy Reds...
Date Sept 23
- A few of rosy reds die off, stuck in power head, overflow screen and etc
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- Bought 2 Firemouth, stick them in the tank..
- Dumped another 100 ml of Seachem Stability
Date Sept 24
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- Few more Rosy reds die off..same cause
- Firemouth are still okay..
- Dumped 50 ml of Seachem Stability
Tonight,
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- I got 5 healthy rosy reds...swimming around and etc..
- I did 20% WC and was going to add one of my blood parrot in there..
- Added new water, put 50 ml of seachem stability, move another 25 lbs of pool filter sand from the current tank. Check for PH, 6.7, just like the current tank ( I have pinpoint PH monitor)
- While acclimating the blood parrot, 3 more rosy reds die off, I noticed they were all swimming on the surface gasping for air. Firemouths are fine.
At this point, I got really scared...So I put the blood parrot back in the current tank and added enough dose of Seachem Prime. I used tap water with 10, 100 micron and carbon filtration. I am very sure that all chlorine were all removed..
Question, I know my tank is no where near maturity, BUT is the death of rosy reds a pure coincidence ? Or by changin water, I may have affected the readyness of the tank ?
I guess I'll find out in the morning see i the 2 rosy reds and the firemouths are okay..
Maybe I am doing something right to where everything cycled fairly quickly, or maybe a sheer luck and one liitle change (water change) threw the whole chemstry off ...
stan
PS: Sorry for the long blog style post I wanna be as specific as I can..
Setup:
240 Gallon, 55 gall W/D
Date: Sept 13
Filled the tank with water, tested for leaks, all good to go...
Date: Sept 14
- Pour 50 lbs of BRAND NEW Pool filter sand and 10 dead market prawn
- Set the heater to 85 degrees
Date: Sept 16
- No ammonia yet, so I start adding 4 ml of pure ammonia per day.
- Install an Emperor 400 filter that was in the current setup (full of nasty brown water
)- Added about 6-7 gallons of established bio balls from current setup to the new W/D
Date: Sept 17
Add another 4 ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, showing .25ppm YAY...
Date: Sept 18
- Add another 4 ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, showing .25ppm again.,.
- Added about 10 lbs of pool filter sand from the current tank..
Date: Sept 19
- Tested for ammonia, got a big whopping ZERO, Test for Nitrite, got .25ppm..
- Still adding ammonia, but only 2 ml versus 4 ml
Date: Sept 20
- Added 2ml of ammonia, tested for ammonia, ZERO
- Tested for Nitrite, got .25ppm again
Date Sept 21
- Tested for Nitrite, got a ZERO
- Tested for Nitrate, got 10 ppm WTF, already ?
Date Sept 22
- Dumped about 100 ml of Seachem Stability and 20 Rosy Reds...
Date Sept 23
- A few of rosy reds die off, stuck in power head, overflow screen and etc
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- Bought 2 Firemouth, stick them in the tank..
- Dumped another 100 ml of Seachem Stability
Date Sept 24
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- Few more Rosy reds die off..same cause
- Firemouth are still okay..
- Dumped 50 ml of Seachem Stability
Tonight,
- Ammonia ZERO, Nitrite ZERO, Nitrate 20 PPM
- I got 5 healthy rosy reds...swimming around and etc..
- I did 20% WC and was going to add one of my blood parrot in there..
- Added new water, put 50 ml of seachem stability, move another 25 lbs of pool filter sand from the current tank. Check for PH, 6.7, just like the current tank ( I have pinpoint PH monitor)
- While acclimating the blood parrot, 3 more rosy reds die off, I noticed they were all swimming on the surface gasping for air. Firemouths are fine.
At this point, I got really scared...So I put the blood parrot back in the current tank and added enough dose of Seachem Prime. I used tap water with 10, 100 micron and carbon filtration. I am very sure that all chlorine were all removed..
Question, I know my tank is no where near maturity, BUT is the death of rosy reds a pure coincidence ? Or by changin water, I may have affected the readyness of the tank ?
I guess I'll find out in the morning see i the 2 rosy reds and the firemouths are okay..
Maybe I am doing something right to where everything cycled fairly quickly, or maybe a sheer luck and one liitle change (water change) threw the whole chemstry off ...
stan
PS: Sorry for the long blog style post
I wanna be as specific as I can..
