moving rock around

[ckwatson]

I was thinking of changing my rock around some tonight. But last time I moved stuff around and added a large peace of base rock I got an ammonia spike. It was a very small some but I have more live stock and coral in now and dont want anything to happen. Should moving rock around cause a spike or was it adding the base rock. The first time I did stir up the sand some which should not happen this time, could that have caused the spike?

 

[victor626nj]

to be on the safe side i would have soe water ready and do a water change i have never had a problem but better safe then sorry

 

[ckwatson]

Ok I do have some water to do a change, would adding some prime be good or is there a problem with using prime with out really needing it?

 

[cdub]

if you added rock that was not fully cured this would cause a spike

 

[ckwatson]

what about white base rock?

 

[cdub]

**i think** that the white base rock will tend to give you more of a ph spike/drop

anytime i add rock i always put it in a bucket with some of my water i took out of my tank with the water change for a few weeks.

 

[ckwatson]

Ok well I will give it a try and see what happens I will do a water change when I get done and hope every thing works out. The first time I moved stuff around the tank was pretty new the first time hopefully things have settled down now and nothing will happen

 

[xyzpdq0121]

You could have stirred up some crap that was in the rocks when moving them... IMHO this is most likely what caused a spike.

 

[ckwatson]

Xyzpdq0121;140564 wrote: You could have stirred up some crap that was in the rocks when moving them... IMHO this is most likely what caused a spike.

is that something that would only happen when the tank was new or is that still a possibility? The tank was been set up for a little over 4 months