Set up a new invert and coral only tank. Added live sand, dry live rock, media from my display tank, and dose half the bottle of bactiv8 on day one and 1/4 day 3 , after adding turbo snails nassarius and some hermits. I was planning on doing a water change today and dose the rest of the bottle after. I decided to check my parameters this morning before work. I have a seachem ammonia alert which is clearly defective because it has been reading safe level since day one. My api test came back with ammonia around 1 ppm!!! My nitrites .5 and nitrate around 20 ppm. I can’t do the water change until tonight.
1.Is that ammonia level potentially life threading to my snails and hermits?
2. How big of a water change should I do? Tank is 13.5 gallons
3. Would it be better to use tank water from my established display tank or fresh saltwater?
I’m not really sure if it constitutes an emergency but I thought I would tag it so just in case. Thank you!!!
1.Is that ammonia level potentially life threading to my snails and hermits?
2. How big of a water change should I do? Tank is 13.5 gallons
3. Would it be better to use tank water from my established display tank or fresh saltwater?
I’m not really sure if it constitutes an emergency but I thought I would tag it so just in case. Thank you!!!