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09-27-2010, 04:20 PM
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You should be worried about the ammonia in your tank. This should be at 0 all the time. Put more cured liverock instead of using a filter. I have a tank that is running skimmerless and no filter for 5 months and there is never any ammonia. Even when I introduced a yellow tang and feeding it heavily there is no ammonia. My liverock and micro-algae are doing all the work.
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09-27-2010, 04:48 PM
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Yeah, tell me about it. My ammonia is always zero, that's why I was was worried when it spiked after this filter ordeal. I can't fit any more rock in the tank, so I'm pretty good there. After a large water change and some time this is back down to zero, though nitrates are still high. I typically keep these near 0 ppm as well.
I ran skimmer less for close to a year without any issues. Since I'm moving my tank towards being more SPS oriented I have since switched to skimming and it makes a HUGE difference.
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09-28-2010, 02:40 AM
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If your nitrates are now high and they are usualy near 0, this means that probably your ammonia went really high for a while and then was converted to nitrates.
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09-28-2010, 02:47 AM
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Sure was! Good thing I've got a ton of really good rock in the tank, huh? Well, that and a nice big water change.
Yes, there was a spike in the ammonia but that really wasn't the concern to me as I knew the rocks could handle it. It was more the fact that the ammonia and nitrates spiked in a matter of hours AND the HOB filter was putting hydrogen sulphide laden water into the system. Ammonia spikes typically mean somebody dead or dyin'; hydrogen sulphide can be the killer.
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