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rx7fishguy
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:04 AM
ahhh my ank amonia and nitrate and nitrite levels are killing me i do regular water chane anything u guys suggest
hobogato
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:12 AM
specifications?
caferacermike
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:13 AM
Take out all the fish and stop feeding the tank?
rx7fishguy
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:31 AM
55 gallon i cant take out my fish they will die but if i dont do sumthing they will die
i just dont see how 6 fish could cause this
Texreefer
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:35 AM
6 fish ? what kind. how old is tank?.. what kind of filtration?
rx7fishguy
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:42 AM
2 green chromis i snowflake eel one princess damsil a black starfish sum small hermits and 2 sexy shrimp for about a month and i just have a 75 gallon overflow rite now cause i cant afford anything just yet and i have about 25lbs of ****** liverock
Texreefer
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 10:56 AM
sounds like to this point your filtration is not enough to handle your bioload, its always tricky adding more rock but at this point i would double your liverock and add some starter bacteria to help speed up the cycle process
erick
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 11:05 AM
Cycle, or biospira for the starter bacteria! Also, there is some chemical additives (like carbon except it remove ammonia) you can use.
Shark_Bait
Sat, 3rd Feb 2007, 12:01 PM
I agree with the above. A water change might help. I don't want to sound like an butthole but your tank is too "young" for fish. A month old and only 25Lbs of rock is not enough. I hope you're not getting this advice from a LFS
You say you have a 75 gallon overflow; you mean it is rated for a 75 gallon tank or flows 75GPH? If it is rated for a 75 then you're OK with that. But what's in it? Bioballs (hope not) nothing, rock rubble?
Another point is you have an eel which can be messy eaters and therefore they leave food lying around which could throw your tank out of whack (while it's still cycling) another thing and I hope you already knew this. Your sexy shrimp eat starfish.
Maybe take the fish back to the store, get some starter bacteria (any of the above listed) and depending on your filter system more live rock. The rule that I go by (some will argue this) is about 2.5Lbs per gallon.
Good Luck
txstateunivreefer
Mon, 5th Feb 2007, 12:59 AM
if you need to drop nitrite and ammmonia levels quickly best way is alot of prime it will knock it out temp. however get some buckets 1 fish per bucket and change their water every day til tank is stable by taking the advice above as the saying goes only bad things happen quickly is saltwater so paitence also seeing how you just joined i did about amonth ago these folks know what they are talking about the people at the LFS's are jack@#%( so keep asking questions see if someone nearby will trade your fish for rock grab some biospira and give it a few days
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