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#1 chrishaigh82

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Posted 11 July 2017 - 10:33 PM

I've had a few major ammonia spikes in my tanks over the years of keeping moderate->heavy stocked cichlid tanks.  Unfortunately we had one today in our 8 footer (no victims by the looks of it but a 80% change was the trick today).  We are only one week after a clean and water change, the same quantity of food (scoops) that we have applied to the tank for two years 3 x/week however today we put in some Accu-clear to clear up the water.

 

We are well aware that ammonia build up can present with discolouration to the tank water however this isn't the first time we've had a spike after treating with a flocculant.  Have others had the same experience after dosing tanks with Accu-clear or equivalent?

 

I need to have a read as to the mechanism of the chemical we are dosing I guess.



#2 Delapool

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Posted 12 July 2017 - 07:20 AM

I've used seachem clarity (not sure if same) a few times on tank re-scapes or after adding substrate. No issues - haven't tested a lot though thinking about it, usually too knackered after working in tank.


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Edited by Delapool, 12 July 2017 - 07:21 AM.


#3 chrishaigh82

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Posted 14 July 2017 - 10:53 PM

At home in the last two days my tropheus tank had unresolved particulates and was dosed with the recommendation on the bottle resulting in cloudy water and sad fish.... ammonia thru the roof   :(

 

Acc-tually going to throw this water treatment in the bin. 

 

 

Maybe we have a dodgy batch.


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#4 Delapool

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Posted 15 July 2017 - 05:28 AM

Just checking but no other changes in tropheus tank? No big filter cleans or gravel vacs, etc at same time.

I was guessing the cloudy water you think is a bacterial bloom?

I can probably run some checks on seachem clarity to see if anything happens. Half the time when I've dosed the water has been pea soup (thank-you API laterite clay) so I'd never notice cloudy water.

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Edited by Delapool, 15 July 2017 - 05:30 AM.





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