I have my 2 motoro rays in a 125 gallon. I used to have oscars in there so there was lots of poop in the sand. They disturbed all the gravel and made a ammonia spike. The ammonia level was at .75 ppm. I did a 80% water change at 1 30 am. I just finnished the water change and the ammonia is still the same. I hope my rays are not dead in the morning... what can i do?????
NEED QUICK HELP!!! ammonia spike
- Thread starter rED O
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I am running two cascade 1000 that got cleaned not to long ago. I put two smaller HOB filters on to try and help. I just hope they are not dead in the morning 
.75 wouldnt make me worry too much.... maybe lesson learned keep your gravel cleaner and avoid these problems in the future... tomorrow night check again and its always a good idea to keep something like seachem stability around
lincolngoh;3043452; said:
Let the filter catch up..... 80% was large.... check it in about 8 hours see where it is at
Thanks. Lesson learned. I hope they are alive in the morning I will check the tank before I go to school and do another large water change when I get home.
I will check the tank before I go to school and do another large water change when I get home.rED O,
Your main problem is because the debris within your gravel. So to remove all your gravel with your rays inside is too much risk, but u need to remove all your gravel and clean it properly outside your tank. Maybe you can use gravel cleaner to remove some/all debris inside your gravel first then after that you can remove all you gravel outside your tank and clean it then can put it back if you want too. Good Luck and don't give too much food for your rays until this problem solved man!!!
Your main problem is because the debris within your gravel. So to remove all your gravel with your rays inside is too much risk, but u need to remove all your gravel and clean it properly outside your tank. Maybe you can use gravel cleaner to remove some/all debris inside your gravel first then after that you can remove all you gravel outside your tank and clean it then can put it back if you want too. Good Luck and don't give too much food for your rays until this problem solved man!!!
When in doubt, always hang on to a bottle of Prime. It bonds ammonia and neutralizes the effects of nitrite poisoning, which can be really comforting to know during a filter crisis. I wouldn't worry too much about a spike like that (as long as you have good filtration it should only be very temporary), but just for future reference.