TomC1966 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) So I learned a valuable lesson 3 days ago. NEVER hold a container of small fish pellets over your tank while feeling. Slipped out of my hand and lost 3/4 of a new container in the tank. Huge ammonia spike. Thank god I had another tank up and running I was able to pull the fish out and put them in that tank. l got as much of the food off the sand as I could but it got into the rocks and a lot went down the skimmer and into the sump. Did a 50% water change when I saw the ammonia going up yesterday afternoon. But even after all that the Ammonia still spiked up to between 1.0 and 2.0 from 0 and just wondering how long it may take to calm back down. I dosed with more bacteria after the water change hoping the extra bacteria would help get rid of it. Ammonia has not gone any higher and that reading was as of this morning at 6:30. Thoughts on how long it may take to recover? Edited December 7, 2018 by TomC1966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flounder Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wow, thanks for sharing a valuable lesson with us. Can you blow out your rock work to get more of the food circulating for another water change? Run your skimmer a little wet to pull more of the junk out. Rookie here just giving my idea and would enjoy learning what works out for you. Muttley000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wow what a nightmare! Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphylin me Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 my guess is somewhere between 24-48 hours for it to be processed depending on how well your systems bio filtration is. i would do another water change. also, maybe dose some seachem prime to get rid of that ammonia. nitrates will be through the roof once its processed though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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