help!

[turkeyboy85]

KH reading is at 16!
GH is at 3-4
ph is at 8
my amonia level is reading high and rays are not eating much, i have a friend around here that im going to move my rays into his r/0 system until it gets better any ideas on why this is happening?

 

[Fish Room Plus]

The big change going from your tank to your friends might do more harm then good. Leave them & do 25% water changes 2x a day.

 

[FireMedic]

wow, just a continous streak of troubles.....

Take a moment and think, really think.....what have you done different to your tank before this all started?

What have you been doing the same?

Focus on the small details....did you clean the tank differently, did you cheat on a water change, did you add/forget to add something to the waters, has something spilled into your tank, did you use a cleaner of some type in/on/near the tank?

When is the last time you changed the zeolite, carbon, ammonia-carb etc?
Is there something obstructing the intake/outlet?
Is there something dead in the sump or in the tank you don't easily see?

Respectfully,
FireMedic.

 

[turkeyboy85]

i have an fx5 when this trouble started i cleaned some of the media, in it, i have siphened through the sand durring a water change to make sure there is nothing under it, the only thing i can think of is that its on city water and something changed.... im getting an ro unit this weekend with the new tank im getting .... ill hook that up right away on this tank when i bring it back....

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Any chance something is rotting under your sand?

 

[zerelli]

Cleaning the media probably caused your tank to cycle again. It should rapidly clear up as long as you did not clean too much.

 

[Nic]

you need to find some bio spira.... i have never cleaned any of my bio media at all since i started sting rays i leave it alone.... for this reason.... maybe adding some ketapeat to soften the water and reduce the ammonia toxicity wouldnt be a bad idea....un less there are objections from some of the others

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Lowering the pH to reduce the NH3 toxicity is key at this point.

Didn't I see that you posted on another thread that you had a new water softener installed in your home recently, or did I misread your post?