Recent content by conniey

So if the problem is my tap water, which I'm beginning to think it is, why not any additives? What other way can I neutralize the ammonia? Am I just adding fuel to the fire everytime I do a water change? I also have a freshwater tank that doesn't show any ammonia and I use tap for that one too.

Oh that's good to know. Thanks. I'm going to do another water change tonight and see what happens.

It's been quite a while since I added NEW rock. I did a 15 - 20% water change and put new charcoal in on Sunday, a 30% wc yesterday and added ammonia detox, didn't feed them for over about 30 hours and still no change in the ammonia level!! I use tap water and I know that's about the worst to...

I just found a couple amphipods in my filter. Are they good or bad? I never noticed them before.

I just did a 20% water change and ammonia is still the same. I will do about 30% tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks

Thanks for the quick response. I apologize up front - I'm fairly new at this, just about 2 years so I don't know all the answers. The tang doesn't seem to have lost appetite and she doesn't show red gills. She doesn't gasp for breath either. Ammonia - .5 Nitrite - 0 salinity - 1.021 temp -...

I have a 78 gallon reef tank with a naso tang, clownfish, damsal fish, miniature coral, yellow tang, sea cucumber, some soft coral, lots of live rock and a bubble anenome, which is the newest addition. All fish have been very healthy until recently (last week or so) my yellow tang has been...