I think the sand AND the rock dried out more than they should have. The rock
can recover from that, if not too dry, but the sand cant. The stuff on the
outside of the rock would suffer some die off and decay and any sponge (or
any other animal for that matter) that is inside holes in the rock is going
to do the same. If a snail or two was caught in the rock when removed, and
died in some little hole in your rock, that is going to add to the
situation. Something happened when they moved the tank. What other
significant things were done to the tank during the move? Any new filter
systems added? LR or LS added? More fish, snails, hermits? From our emails,
the only thing I can think of is what I mentioned above. Put some caluerpa
in the tank for awhile. That should help with the ammonia and nitrates. I
would also add a couple pounds of CURED LS.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this?? Poor Davids been bustin his ass
trying to get this thing fixed and just as we think we got it, the ammonia
is back....
FWIW
Shane C.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hansen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: need help
Alright I'll belive both of you but why when setup the first time
did I
have 0 ammonia? I did not have any ammonia untill they moved the
aquarium. If it were sponges inside the rock why did I not have the
ammonia the first time I setup the aquarium
Shane Clays wrote:
>
> I, like Ron, think you have something in the tank that is decaying
and
> causing this problem. Could be sponge deep inside a rock. I think
the
> substrate you had was dead, and significantly contributing to the
problem.
> It has to be something decaying, because your nitrogen cycle is
being fed,
> heavily. That is why you are seeing ammonia and high nitrates at
the same
> time (high amount of food to the cycle causes more ammonia that
the
> nitrifying bacteria can keep up with) A suggestion may be to light
your sump
> and put some Caluerpa in it. That may help suck up the ammonia
and
> nitrates. As mentioned in my earlier post, you may also consider
now adding
> some LS back to the system, and possibly some more LR as well. It
almost
> sounds like the people that moved your tank let the LS and LR get
dry. I
> think that is what caused your substrate to mess up your system
and if the
> LR is in the same boat, it could be what is causing the continuing
problems
> (just a thought).
>
> Maybe consider backing off the on the water changes, just for the
heck of it
> and see what happens. You were changing at least some water per
week right?
> Maybe go 2 or 3 weeks and see what happens...
>
> FWIW
> Shane
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