Switched tanks and suddenly Ammonia!!

I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height out
of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.

However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings have
occured. So far, .5 on both counts. Cant understand why that shld be so as
nothing new was added. Have restarted the Eheim wet/dry to control these but
am baffled and concerned that these may go out of control and kill all my
fish!

Any advice appreciated,

Thanks,
Ajay

"Ajay Malkani" wrote in message
news:1112261209.330904773a1197c966d2e5db9e3d09b3@t eranews...
I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height
out
of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.

However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings
have
occured. So far, .5 on both counts. Cant understand why that shld be so as
nothing new was added. Have restarted the Eheim wet/dry to control these
but
am baffled and concerned that these may go out of control and kill all my
fish!

Any advice appreciated,

Thanks,
Ajay



This is normal.

Just moving live rock and putting a piece in upside down upsets the balance.
There are different concentrations and types of bacteria top and bottom.
They need to readjust. Some thins die....ammonia goes up a bit.

I'm no expert. If someone advises different.....take their advice......this
is just my understanding and experience.

lg

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:05:46 +1000, "lg" wrote:


"Ajay Malkani" wrote in message
news:1112261209.330904773a1197c966d2e5db9e3d09b3@ teranews...
I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height
out
of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.

However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings
have
occured. So far, .5 on both counts. Cant understand why that shld be so as
nothing new was added. Have restarted the Eheim wet/dry to control these
but
am baffled and concerned that these may go out of control and kill all my
fish!

Any advice appreciated,

Thanks,
Ajay



This is normal.

Just moving live rock and putting a piece in upside down upsets the balance.
There are different concentrations and types of bacteria top and bottom.
They need to readjust. Some thins die....ammonia goes up a bit.

I'm no expert. If someone advises different.....take their advice......this
is just my understanding and experience.

lg


Add some mangroves. 1 per 10 gallons and you can dump ammonia in
there.

"Ajay Malkani" wrote in message
news:1112261209.330904773a1197c966d2e5db9e3d09b3@t eranews...
I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height
out
of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.

However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings
have
occured. So far, .5 on both counts. Cant understand why that shld be so as
nothing new was added. Have restarted the Eheim wet/dry to control these
but
am baffled and concerned that these may go out of control and kill all my
fish!

Any advice appreciated,

Thanks,
Ajay

There is a product called Cycle you can get it a the pet store follow the
directions and the ammonia will drop with in hours.

Ajay,

You may need to dose your tank with a product called Prime,
made by Seachem. It will lock up ammonia so that your
livestock will be safe.

You may have this sudden spike if you moved an established
sandbed, which would now release some vile stuff. Or it
could be sponge die-off that was originally alive in and on
the Live Rock. While you had the LR out of the water,
during the move, sponges exposed to air would quickly perish.

Marc


Trace wrote:

"Ajay Malkani" wrote in message
news:1112261209.330904773a1197c966d2e5db9e3d09b3@t eranews...

I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height

out

of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.

However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings

have

occured. So far, .5 on both counts. Cant understand why that shld be so as
nothing new was added. Have restarted the Eheim wet/dry to control these

but

am baffled and concerned that these may go out of control and kill all my
fish!

Any advice appreciated,

Thanks,
Ajay


There is a product called Cycle you can get it a the pet store follow the
directions and the ammonia will drop with in hours.



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