Hi have recently set up a tropical tank, with 5 black phantoms and 5 red fin tetras, which was going really well. I regularly check ammonia levels etc, and do water changes. But my girlfriend bought me some bogwood to go in the tank which i didn't realise needed to be soaked and boiled before going in. So i just cleaned it and put it straight in the tank, now a day later my ammonia levels have risen and all my black phantoms are dead, is this due to the bogwood? and what can i do to rectify the situation? I have a 150 litre tank and performed a 25% water change yesterday.
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Hi,
your problems sound like they are unrelated to the addition of the bogwood. You are advised to wash the bogwood before adding it because it will stain the tank water brown. It does not release ammonia.
The presence of ammonia is indicative of a problem with your filter.
How long has your tank been set up?
Did you cycle the filter?
What size is the tank?
What fish do you have in there?
How do you clean the filter?
Also, water stats please: Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? pH?
If you can answer these questions, it will help us to identify where you are going wrong.
Meantime, counter your ammonia spike with water changes. Do a 50% change, then test again. You are aimimg to reduce ammonia to below 0.25mg/l. If it is still above that level, do another 50% water change a couple of hours later and continue this until you reach the desired level of 0.25.
If your level is really high and achieveing this would take a long time, try 75% water changes instead. Ensure that the fresh water is treated with water conditioner before adding to the tank.
Continue water changes as necessary to maintain levels below 0.25mg/l.
Cheers
BTT
your problems sound like they are unrelated to the addition of the bogwood. You are advised to wash the bogwood before adding it because it will stain the tank water brown. It does not release ammonia.
The presence of ammonia is indicative of a problem with your filter.
How long has your tank been set up?
Did you cycle the filter?
What size is the tank?
What fish do you have in there?
How do you clean the filter?
Also, water stats please: Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? pH?
If you can answer these questions, it will help us to identify where you are going wrong.
Meantime, counter your ammonia spike with water changes. Do a 50% change, then test again. You are aimimg to reduce ammonia to below 0.25mg/l. If it is still above that level, do another 50% water change a couple of hours later and continue this until you reach the desired level of 0.25.
If your level is really high and achieveing this would take a long time, try 75% water changes instead. Ensure that the fresh water is treated with water conditioner before adding to the tank.
Continue water changes as necessary to maintain levels below 0.25mg/l.
Cheers
BTT
vinylman
Essentially Humanoid
This may sound obvious, but as you have an Ammonia spike, can you account for all your fish?. A missed dead fish rotting away somewhere can do that.
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