My Xenia Dead Due to Ecoxotic LED's?

[Kyle918]

Originally Posted by mikeyVR4

Water Results:

pH 8.2
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

I have 15 gallons of salt water for the water change when I do my change. Please let me know how my numbers are.

Thanks guys!

Mike

Your ammonia should always read 0. If any higher you are either still cycling, or are going through another mini cycle. I would bet on another mini cycle though.

If you did infact complete the cycle, then all was good until you added 2 fish and a coral. That upped the bio load too quickly. The bacteria population cannot handle the load this quickly causing a buildup of ammonia, which will cause another spike in Nitrite and Nitrates as you would expect. I would do an immediate water change. Probably in the 30-40% range if you able too.

Also, buying some ammonia binding solution like amquel plus will help.

Your PH and Nitrite and Nitrate are fine. But the latter two will spike if you don't get that ammonia under control thus starting another cycle.

Remember, ammonia at any detectable level is harmful to fish. At 0.1 ppm you can kill some fish. Most fish will show signs of stress at that level.

[mikeyVR4]

Originally Posted by Kyle918

Your ammonia should always read 0. If any higher you are either still cycling, or are going through another mini cycle. I would bet on another mini cycle though.

If you did infact complete the cycle, then all was good until you added 2 fish and a coral. That upped the bio load too quickly. The bacteria population cannot handle the load this quickly causing a buildup of ammonia, which will cause another spike in Nitrite and Nitrates as you would expect. I would do an immediate water change. Probably in the 30-40% range if you able too.

Also, buying some ammonia binding solution like amquel plus will help.

Your PH and Nitrite and Nitrate are fine. But the latter two will spike if you don't get that ammonia under control thus starting another cycle.

Remember, ammonia at any detectable level is harmful to fish. At 0.1 ppm you can kill some fish. Most fish will show signs of stress at that level.

Cool thanks Kyle! I will do a water change today. I will have to buy some more water for a full 30-40% flush as I only have enough water for a 20% flush.

Thanks!

[mikeyVR4]

I created a new thread just so the title wasn't misleading.

Please help me out here.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2238956
Thanks!