so im changing my substrate sort of in a 75g tank, i have blue rock/black sand right now im putting in caribsea black stone that volcanic type because it is better for planted tanks which i want. im attempting to take out most if not all the blue stone it doesnt quite look good to me. and use black sand thats already in my tank as a bottom layer/then the new caribsea stone then a top layer of black sand.
im worried about ammonia spikes doing this. i never did this before so i am choosing to sections of my tank at a time. i did probably 1/3 or 1/4 of the tank so far and i do see more ammonia in my tank then usual. my tap water in FL always has a small bit of ammonia in it no matter what but after doing this i see more than usual. instead of being 0-0.5 it shows 1-2 ppm of ammonia. since this tank has been cycled for about a year now. is it safe to just put in seachem prime and run it like usual? i did put in some fluval ammonia remover packets in my canister filter to be on safe side but not sure if it will mess with my cycle a ton...should i keep them in or take them back out... i was planning to do another 1/3 of my tank tommorow or just doing the rest of it based on what the replys are. thanks as always
im worried about ammonia spikes doing this. i never did this before so i am choosing to sections of my tank at a time. i did probably 1/3 or 1/4 of the tank so far and i do see more ammonia in my tank then usual. my tap water in FL always has a small bit of ammonia in it no matter what but after doing this i see more than usual. instead of being 0-0.5 it shows 1-2 ppm of ammonia. since this tank has been cycled for about a year now. is it safe to just put in seachem prime and run it like usual? i did put in some fluval ammonia remover packets in my canister filter to be on safe side but not sure if it will mess with my cycle a ton...should i keep them in or take them back out... i was planning to do another 1/3 of my tank tommorow or just doing the rest of it based on what the replys are. thanks as always