Your going to hate this.
Biggest probs. Conflicting info.
Here's the thing on bottled water. We don't know what is put back into it after it's filtered. Or what is being use to filter it and how.
I've seen tanks on tap water that are great. And tanks on bottled water that are great. Then thers ones that aren't.
My tap water kills goldfish
That there makes troubleshooting impossible.
On ph. No water changes ph really to any significant amount. Also don't buffer. There's easy easy ways to fix it better. Kalkwasser in the ato is one. Mrs wages pickling lime is kalk wassser. It's cheap and easy. But Sos regular kalk really.
If your in the 8 with ph your actually good.
It's quite possible the animals including the coral were not healthy to begin with. So there's luck for ya.
But the repeated ammonia is stumping me.
A new test kit maybe? Or ammonia alert badge as they maybe a bit cheaper.
Def look into a more potent bacteria like dr Tims one and only.
I'm not sure what an ammonia pad is. But I do think just granular activated carbon in a bag would be cheaper in the long run.
I honestly don't know If soaking in the bleach had any effect. It could have but your numbers showed ammonia then dropped.
Btw. Thers no reason to bleach a rock really and if one does its best to let it sit in the sun to break down the bleach.
:mad: I know right?
Biggest probs. Conflicting info.
Here's the thing on bottled water. We don't know what is put back into it after it's filtered. Or what is being use to filter it and how.
I've seen tanks on tap water that are great. And tanks on bottled water that are great. Then thers ones that aren't.
My tap water kills goldfish
That there makes troubleshooting impossible.
On ph. No water changes ph really to any significant amount. Also don't buffer. There's easy easy ways to fix it better. Kalkwasser in the ato is one. Mrs wages pickling lime is kalk wassser. It's cheap and easy. But Sos regular kalk really.
If your in the 8 with ph your actually good.
It's quite possible the animals including the coral were not healthy to begin with. So there's luck for ya.
But the repeated ammonia is stumping me.
A new test kit maybe? Or ammonia alert badge as they maybe a bit cheaper.
Def look into a more potent bacteria like dr Tims one and only.
I'm not sure what an ammonia pad is. But I do think just granular activated carbon in a bag would be cheaper in the long run.
I honestly don't know If soaking in the bleach had any effect. It could have but your numbers showed ammonia then dropped.
Btw. Thers no reason to bleach a rock really and if one does its best to let it sit in the sun to break down the bleach.
:mad: I know right?