Today I conducted my weekly 10% water change on my 116 Gal Red Sea Reefer 450. I've got a ton of algae growing in the tank (Cyano, Dinos, and Bryopsis). During my water change I attempted to manually remove as much of the algae as I could and while doing so I noticed all of this white stringy stuff start floating around the tank. Once again, I attempted to suck as much of it out as possible. I figured these were dinos that had detached or something like that.
After changing the water I turned off all of the lights to begin a 3 day black out for Dinos and did another dose of Vibrant. When doing so I noticed my Foxface absolutely freaking out and trying to jump out of the tank. I immediately tested for ammonia and nitrite and found that I was having a HUGE ammonia spike. I had about 4ppm judging by my API test kit. I caught all of my fish and transfered them to a bucket for about an hour and treated the aquarium with Seachem Safe. After a few minutes I retested and was at 0ppm ammonia.
I try to vaccum my sand bed every time I change my water. I can't remember if I vaccumed it the last time but I'm pretty sure I did. Is it possible I just released a gas bubble that poisoned the water or was it something with the algae and the weird white stringy things that caused the spike? Any ideas?
After changing the water I turned off all of the lights to begin a 3 day black out for Dinos and did another dose of Vibrant. When doing so I noticed my Foxface absolutely freaking out and trying to jump out of the tank. I immediately tested for ammonia and nitrite and found that I was having a HUGE ammonia spike. I had about 4ppm judging by my API test kit. I caught all of my fish and transfered them to a bucket for about an hour and treated the aquarium with Seachem Safe. After a few minutes I retested and was at 0ppm ammonia.
I try to vaccum my sand bed every time I change my water. I can't remember if I vaccumed it the last time but I'm pretty sure I did. Is it possible I just released a gas bubble that poisoned the water or was it something with the algae and the weird white stringy things that caused the spike? Any ideas?