Hello it’s me again. Coral. My
Tank is now almost 3 weeks old after a 46 gallon transfer to 144 gallon. My Nitrites are at .7 and my ammonia is reading 5-6ppm. My fish are all alive. They are eating and behaviors haven’t changed since ammonia spike. All my coral is either dead and gone or closed. After the initial ammonia spike I did a 60% water change and there was no difference in ammonia. After reading all the responses im realizing there is a chance that the prime I’ve been dosing may be giving me false reading. But what if it’s not. Since Saturday I’ve been doing with prime and microbacter. All other paremters are fine. 1.025 temp 79. PH 8. nitrates and alk were good when tested at LFS. I’m going to stop dosing prime and test tomorrow but from my understanding prime can stay in the water for 48 hours. How do I know when to stop dosing prime and get proper readings because if I do have this such high ammonia won’t the stoppage of prime kill the fish. But also if I don’t have these levels and I continually dose prime how will I ever get proper results. I test with the salt water master kit. Fish are all eating they are fine and i haven’t lost any fish since the ammonia spike but levels that high are toxic. What should I do. How do I get these corals to open. How should or shouldn’t I dose. Please help I’m a bit confused as to my next steps. Thank you all for your time. Your responses have been most helpful.
Tank is now almost 3 weeks old after a 46 gallon transfer to 144 gallon. My Nitrites are at .7 and my ammonia is reading 5-6ppm. My fish are all alive. They are eating and behaviors haven’t changed since ammonia spike. All my coral is either dead and gone or closed. After the initial ammonia spike I did a 60% water change and there was no difference in ammonia. After reading all the responses im realizing there is a chance that the prime I’ve been dosing may be giving me false reading. But what if it’s not. Since Saturday I’ve been doing with prime and microbacter. All other paremters are fine. 1.025 temp 79. PH 8. nitrates and alk were good when tested at LFS. I’m going to stop dosing prime and test tomorrow but from my understanding prime can stay in the water for 48 hours. How do I know when to stop dosing prime and get proper readings because if I do have this such high ammonia won’t the stoppage of prime kill the fish. But also if I don’t have these levels and I continually dose prime how will I ever get proper results. I test with the salt water master kit. Fish are all eating they are fine and i haven’t lost any fish since the ammonia spike but levels that high are toxic. What should I do. How do I get these corals to open. How should or shouldn’t I dose. Please help I’m a bit confused as to my next steps. Thank you all for your time. Your responses have been most helpful.