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So here is the problem I just got done setting up my 50 gallon reef aquarium and I did a really stupid mistake. I always cycle my tanks using the fishless cycle method in which I use a bottle of ATM bacteria along with ammonia in a bottle to feed the bacteria until they populate the aquarium and it’s safe to add fish. The problem is that I accidentally dosed too much ammonia and my Red Sea ammonia test kit shows it’s higher than 8.PPM. I was wondering what should I do it has been 2 days and the bacteria have not consumed any of the ammonia and I’m worried they might have died because of the spike. What should I do? Should I wait or just replace all the water and buy a new bottle of bacteria?
the owner of the LFS I shop at who is a good friend of mine told me that too much ammonia can stunt the growth of nitrifying bacteria and can ruin the cycle and his advice was to throw all the water out and make new saltwater and buy a new bottle of bacteria but what do you guys think?.
Tank equipment:
Reef octopus classic 1000 HOB skimmer
Fluval 207 canister filter
Eheim jagger 250 watt heater
Current USA eFLUX pumps 1050 gph
Current USA orbit marine led
Sand and rocks:
35 pounds of caribe sea ocean direct live sand
45 pounds of Marco dry rocks
So here is the problem I just got done setting up my 50 gallon reef aquarium and I did a really stupid mistake. I always cycle my tanks using the fishless cycle method in which I use a bottle of ATM bacteria along with ammonia in a bottle to feed the bacteria until they populate the aquarium and it’s safe to add fish. The problem is that I accidentally dosed too much ammonia and my Red Sea ammonia test kit shows it’s higher than 8.PPM. I was wondering what should I do it has been 2 days and the bacteria have not consumed any of the ammonia and I’m worried they might have died because of the spike. What should I do? Should I wait or just replace all the water and buy a new bottle of bacteria?
the owner of the LFS I shop at who is a good friend of mine told me that too much ammonia can stunt the growth of nitrifying bacteria and can ruin the cycle and his advice was to throw all the water out and make new saltwater and buy a new bottle of bacteria but what do you guys think?.
Tank equipment:
Reef octopus classic 1000 HOB skimmer
Fluval 207 canister filter
Eheim jagger 250 watt heater
Current USA eFLUX pumps 1050 gph
Current USA orbit marine led
Sand and rocks:
35 pounds of caribe sea ocean direct live sand
45 pounds of Marco dry rocks