Very curious to hear opinions, as I can't quite explain what happened.
1. 34gal AIO Mature 7+ year old mixed reef system
2. Coming off 72 day fallow
3. 9 anemones and mostly soft corals with occasional ghost feeding of pellets
4. During fallow added Jack-o-lantern, kung poa, Walt Disney, some zoas, and some shrooms.
4. Moved the tank about 6 feet so new build could get in place.
5. About 4 weeks after move started salt change from IO Reef to Neomarine as I'm transitioning to Triton. Only changing about 1 gal a day with AWC.
6. Parameters are Salinity 1.025, Alk 9-10, Calcium 430ish, Ph 8.1-8.2...
7. Added a Candy Basslet Sunday 10/25 and threw on my Seneye just because I wasn't using it on my QT or observation tank.
8. Woke up to a ammonia spike of .081.
9. Threw in Prime and Dr. Tims One and Only
10. Proceeded to then test ammonia with Red Sea and Seachem test kits. Red Sea showed 0 total ammonia. Seachem showed no free Ammonia and .05 total ammonia.
11. I searched the tank and found what maybe a dead turbo...shell is empty but stinks. I removed it.
12. Seneye continues to show rising ammonia...spiking from the snail removal up to .181
13. Red Sea and Seachem continue to show 0 ammonia.
14. Ammonia slowly coming down in tank
15. Basslet and corals showed no signs of stress
I suspect that the tank's bacteria were much depleted due to fallow.
I don't think the Basslet was the cause of the spike. Just a coincidence with a snail death. However, it does add to the ammonia.
I can't explain the different test kit discrepancies...which is most frustrating.
Was the Seneye glitching?
Could one snail cause this in a mature tank?
Did the Seneye save my tank with my Prime and Dr Tims rescue?
Could the spike be from the Basslet?
Other thoughts?
1. 34gal AIO Mature 7+ year old mixed reef system
2. Coming off 72 day fallow
3. 9 anemones and mostly soft corals with occasional ghost feeding of pellets
4. During fallow added Jack-o-lantern, kung poa, Walt Disney, some zoas, and some shrooms.
4. Moved the tank about 6 feet so new build could get in place.
5. About 4 weeks after move started salt change from IO Reef to Neomarine as I'm transitioning to Triton. Only changing about 1 gal a day with AWC.
6. Parameters are Salinity 1.025, Alk 9-10, Calcium 430ish, Ph 8.1-8.2...
7. Added a Candy Basslet Sunday 10/25 and threw on my Seneye just because I wasn't using it on my QT or observation tank.
8. Woke up to a ammonia spike of .081.
9. Threw in Prime and Dr. Tims One and Only
10. Proceeded to then test ammonia with Red Sea and Seachem test kits. Red Sea showed 0 total ammonia. Seachem showed no free Ammonia and .05 total ammonia.
11. I searched the tank and found what maybe a dead turbo...shell is empty but stinks. I removed it.
12. Seneye continues to show rising ammonia...spiking from the snail removal up to .181
13. Red Sea and Seachem continue to show 0 ammonia.
14. Ammonia slowly coming down in tank
15. Basslet and corals showed no signs of stress
I suspect that the tank's bacteria were much depleted due to fallow.
I don't think the Basslet was the cause of the spike. Just a coincidence with a snail death. However, it does add to the ammonia.
I can't explain the different test kit discrepancies...which is most frustrating.
Was the Seneye glitching?
Could one snail cause this in a mature tank?
Did the Seneye save my tank with my Prime and Dr Tims rescue?
Could the spike be from the Basslet?
Other thoughts?