Nitrite and amonnia spike...advice please.

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Background: 4 weeks ago i set up a 60gal with a new canister that i had let run on my 29gal for 2 months before i set up the 60gal. I only used pads in the canister while i seaded the canister. About two weeks ago i added two full trays of ceramic rings to the canister.

Saturday i tested my water and the amonnia and nitrites were out of control. Amonnia 2.5, No2 5, No3 80. Fish all looked and acted fine. I did a water change saturday and monday. Tested the water yesterday and amonnia was 0, No3 40, No2 STILL 5.

I dont know if its related but my tank temp has climbed to 83.7 and stayed their for almost 3 days. Heater is unplugged.

Someone told me i had a bacteria bloom. That i added too many cramic rings to quick.

Woke up this morning and my Hijuita Gar was laying on the bottem. So sad now. It was a good size. 7 1/2 in.

I have another gar, a 5" ornate, and a 4" pleco that i would love to keep. I really dont want to lose the rest.

Any ideas on what to do? Should i just wait untill the tank cycles? Can i speed up the process?

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ammo-lock and large water changes. with a gradual reducing of changes when the numbers come back in line to allow the bacteria to multiply.
 
Ceramic rings don't affect bb as a matter a fact the ceramic rings provide a home for the bb as it multiplies. Are you using dechlor? With hot tank temps u needs a bubbler for oxygen. So sorry for your loss but Atleast you learned how important water parameters really are...



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Still not sure why the nitrites are so high. They are now high in the 60gal and the 187gal. I changed the water on both tanks monday.

But i think i know why the deaths. I was using aquanova pluse to declorinate my tap water for the water changes. This is my first time using it. I did rough measurments when dosing. I think i put too much in. I didnt read on the back that it removes oxegen from the water for 24 hours, until today. My air stones sliped to the top of the tank when i was doing the WC. So the air stones wernt in the water.

No air pumped in + overdose of aquanova pluse + tank temp around 83 = dead aro, filament barb, and Hijutia gar.

3 bichirs and a leaf fish survived. The flag tail was gulping air at the surface when i first saw the tank. Scooped him out and put him in my 29gal with a single 4" dat. I was just going to wait a night until the flagtail could get it energy back for the big tank. But woke up to a thud sound at 4 am. Flagtail had jumped out of the 29gal. Put him back into the 187 and is doing much better.

I was just telling someone that i had never lost a fish in the two years ive been keeping. I guess i wrong now. I feel so stupid. Back to square one.


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That's rough man I'm so sorry. I came home from a funeral yesterday night and I was gone 36 hours and my shoal of rbp were all laying on the bottom barely breathing or moving, I immediatly drained 80% water and refilled, if I didn't do that first thing they would have died, high temps and high nitrates almost got mine too.

Keep on keeping on, Ull get some rad fish soon




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F1 VET said:
That's rough man I'm so sorry. I came home from a funeral yesterday night and I was gone 36 hours and my shoal of rbp were all laying on the bottom barely breathing or moving, I immediatly drained 80% water and refilled, if I didn't do that first thing they would have died, high temps and high nitrates almost got mine too.

Keep on keeping on, Ull get some rad fish soon




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Thanks for responding. I was begining to think no one cared. Nice to hear you got home in time to save them. I had no idea to be extra attentive durring high temps. Now i know. Thanks again.

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