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HI all, this is my first time posting here. I am completely perplexed at what is going on with my tank right now. I have a 48 gallon bow front tank that had been cycling for about 6 weeks. I put 2 bottles of fritz zyme 9 in to help jump start the cycle. I monitored it as the nitrogen cycle did its thing. Once the levels all reached zero ppm I took a sample of my water to my LFS to confirm that the levels were indeed at zero, and he assured me that the tank was cycled. I put in 5 nassarius snails, 2 hermits, 5 trochus, and 1 conch. They were in the tank about a week and everything was fine as they started to clean up the tank. A few trochus snails died for reasons unknown. Maybe they just didn't acclimate well, but I took them out immediately.
I should mention that the water was kind of milky at this stage but the levels still read zero. I believe it was a bacterial bloom, so I put in a UV sterilizer for 24 hours and it cleared it right up. Since my levels were at zero I went ahead and put in 2 clownfish and a mandarin. I woke up the next morning and tested the levels and the Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate were through the roof. Like 8.0 ppm for ammonia, 5.0 ppm for Nitrite, and 60 ppm for Nitrate. I've tried water changes, Prime, Stability. Its been almost a week and the levels are still high. I have know clue what happened? all the snails are still alive, So I have absolutely no clue where this massive amount of ammonia is coming from. Even my LFS is confused on whats going on. Anyone ever experience something like this? How do I get these levels to go down. is it possible that my tank is going through another cycle?
I should mention that the water was kind of milky at this stage but the levels still read zero. I believe it was a bacterial bloom, so I put in a UV sterilizer for 24 hours and it cleared it right up. Since my levels were at zero I went ahead and put in 2 clownfish and a mandarin. I woke up the next morning and tested the levels and the Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate were through the roof. Like 8.0 ppm for ammonia, 5.0 ppm for Nitrite, and 60 ppm for Nitrate. I've tried water changes, Prime, Stability. Its been almost a week and the levels are still high. I have know clue what happened? all the snails are still alive, So I have absolutely no clue where this massive amount of ammonia is coming from. Even my LFS is confused on whats going on. Anyone ever experience something like this? How do I get these levels to go down. is it possible that my tank is going through another cycle?