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Actually the scallop was in the other tank, which seems to be okay. Saw the feather duster in there again this morning, so a panicked water change in that tank was probably unnecessary.
I am 90% sure that my tank's crash was due to the amount of livestock in there and as you say, a death or two could cause a chain reaction. Yesterday morning I could literally see worms crawling across every piece of rock, some very large ones. Plus four crabs, three shrimp, and whatever else I didn't even get to see! All in a 13 litre (3.4 US Gallons) tank.
Thanks for the resource link, I will be sure to do some serious reading!
Well Ang's tank still has crazy stats, ammonia 8.0+, Nitrite 5.0, Nitrate 5.0 ... so daily water changes are in order for the time being.
My largely base rock tank is starting to cycle I think, amm .25, nitrite .5 and nitrate 5.0. So hopefully the seeing idea is working okay.
Oh I am sure there was some die off, whether it was just sponge and stuff, or worms ... something definitely died in there! The only livestock (that we know of) are the livestock and teh feather duster worm we see now and again. I am sure the clam hasn't survived the dramatic swings, unfortunately.
Haha true. Well I take it as a very positive sign that Ammonia is so much lower than yesterday in the problem tank! We did a 75% water change last night, but a day on it's still only at 1.0. I know this is still too high, but given Nitrite has remained high and nitrate has increased, suggests that the tank is finally starting to deal with the ammonia?
Ang's
Ammonia - 1.0
Nitrite - 5.0
Nitrate - 10
And in my tank the cycle looks to be in its latter stages already:
Peter's
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - .25
Nitrate - 5
Which leads me to start thinking about stocking! Here are initial thoughts:
A variety of zoas around the bottom-middle of the tank
I'd love a hammer located at the top of the rock.
And a xenia of some kind.
Maybe some mushrooms inbetween.
Livestock - ideal would be a goby/shrimp pair, but I'll have to see how easy it is to get that around here! From recent LFS visits, a goby of the right kind might be a struggle. I'll have to start making friends and see what chance I stand here =0)