Friday- Shippment of filter cartridges, media, and misc arrives so I happily do a 60% water change since my Magnum 350 has been shut off for most of the week and I replace the Magnum's blue floss sleeve and fill it's media container with fresh diamond blend. Also install a new bio-wheel setup to the Magnum's output.
Saturday- Ray is breathing real fast and deep, curling the edges of his disc on and off. Test ammonia and it reads out .50ppm ( /facepalm for 60% WC and changing filter media at same time
). Later in the afternoon I do another ammonia test and it reads out to .75ppm on my API test kit so I do a 40% water change and the level drops to .50ppm. Dose the tank for 120gal worth of Stress Coat and hope for the best.
If you're still reading, thank you!
Sunday- Still .50 PPM so I decided to put one of my 75gals Emporor 400 media cartridges on top of the bubble disk in the 125gal. Within 8 hours or so the ammonia no longer registers on my test kit.
Monday- Ray still breathing real deep and not moving a whole lot, doesn't jump for food like usual. Later in the evening I dose the tank for 80gals worth of salt and put another 60gals worth of stress coat.
Tuesday- Ray still breathing abnormally, not moving much, ignoring food.
Is there anything else I can do? Was this "mini cycle" infact responsible for my rays behavior or is it freak coincidence and something else is wrong? I've skimmed through a couple pages of searching and haven't found similar conditions.
Relevant facts: As of now, Nitrates: 5-10ppm, Ammonia: not registering, Nitrite: 0
Tank has had fish in it for months.
Along side with the Magnum is a Eheim Classic 2217.
I really would appreciate input on this thread, for my ray's sake! My other threads are promptly ignored
Saturday- Ray is breathing real fast and deep, curling the edges of his disc on and off. Test ammonia and it reads out .50ppm ( /facepalm for 60% WC and changing filter media at same time
). Later in the afternoon I do another ammonia test and it reads out to .75ppm on my API test kit so I do a 40% water change and the level drops to .50ppm. Dose the tank for 120gal worth of Stress Coat and hope for the best. If you're still reading, thank you!
Sunday- Still .50 PPM so I decided to put one of my 75gals Emporor 400 media cartridges on top of the bubble disk in the 125gal. Within 8 hours or so the ammonia no longer registers on my test kit.
Monday- Ray still breathing real deep and not moving a whole lot, doesn't jump for food like usual. Later in the evening I dose the tank for 80gals worth of salt and put another 60gals worth of stress coat.
Tuesday- Ray still breathing abnormally, not moving much, ignoring food.
Is there anything else I can do? Was this "mini cycle" infact responsible for my rays behavior or is it freak coincidence and something else is wrong? I've skimmed through a couple pages of searching and haven't found similar conditions.
Relevant facts: As of now, Nitrates: 5-10ppm, Ammonia: not registering, Nitrite: 0
Tank has had fish in it for months.
Along side with the Magnum is a Eheim Classic 2217.
I really would appreciate input on this thread, for my ray's sake! My other threads are promptly ignored
