cioutlaw
Well-Known Member
ok..here we go...I had a 55 gal that had been set up for 6 months or so, perfect parameters, 2 fish, 6-8 corals. This past week I moved fish, water, corals, live sand, 60lbs of live rock to a new 120 gal.
I added 100 gal of RO/DI water to make up the difference (plus fill the new sump)
parameters are still perfect 2 days later(Saturday). then I added 50 lbs of washed base rock & 40lbs of live rock that I had in a container with heater,power head & cannister filter for 2 weeks. Parameters on the container tested good. 6 hrs later I tested & had some ammonia about 1.0, on the 3rd day(sunday) my Xenia was looking bad, tested water:
Ammonia 4.0
Nitrite .50
Nitrate 5.0
by Sunday night Xenia was dead.
This morning (monday)
Ammonia was between 1.0-2.0
Nitrite .50
Nitrate 10.0
ammonia is heading in the right direction but I really hate to lose any other corals or fish..has anyone used Biospira? I almost have no choice other than to take all my live stock to the LFS or something. I have read mixed reveiws on the Biro-spira. if it does not work i am ok with that but dont want it to do MORE damage. Anyone with experience with this product?
I added 100 gal of RO/DI water to make up the difference (plus fill the new sump)
parameters are still perfect 2 days later(Saturday). then I added 50 lbs of washed base rock & 40lbs of live rock that I had in a container with heater,power head & cannister filter for 2 weeks. Parameters on the container tested good. 6 hrs later I tested & had some ammonia about 1.0, on the 3rd day(sunday) my Xenia was looking bad, tested water:
Ammonia 4.0
Nitrite .50
Nitrate 5.0
by Sunday night Xenia was dead.
This morning (monday)
Ammonia was between 1.0-2.0
Nitrite .50
Nitrate 10.0
ammonia is heading in the right direction but I really hate to lose any other corals or fish..has anyone used Biospira? I almost have no choice other than to take all my live stock to the LFS or something. I have read mixed reveiws on the Biro-spira. if it does not work i am ok with that but dont want it to do MORE damage. Anyone with experience with this product?