OMG Aquatics Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I recently had an ammonia spike. It killed 2 of my CRS SSS+, 1 BB I don't even feed them. So how is there an ammonia spike? It was the snowflake food! A few days ago, I got a cup of RO/DI water and placed a brand new snowflake food piece in it. I tested for ammonia 4 days later when good amount of fungus formed. It was at 1-2 ppm ammonia!!! I was told snowflake was a leave in food and does no harm. That is false!! colorfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorfan Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 never really left any in more than a day but that is good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 A cup of water isn't your tank. Any time you put anything organic in water it's going to start a cycle and formation of bacterial colonies If you are getting ammonia spikes in your tank your biological is week and needs to be replenished product's bt-9, MK Z silver or seachem stability help maintain healthy biological due to environmental changes like wc and such. Allicat, ANBU, JamesHe and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 A cup of water isn't your tank. Any time you put anything organic in water it's going to start a cycle and formation of bacterial colonies If you are getting ammonia spikes in your tank your biological is week and needs to be replenished product's bt-9, MK Z silver or seachem stability help maintain healthy biological due to environmental changes like wc and such. When snowflake first was introduced to the market, many have stated it does not foul your water and is a safe leave in food. That's telling me that it would not produce ammonia or anything that would cause problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I agree with High5. 1-2 ppm ammonia in a small cup will also get diluted greatly in your tank to levels that you could not measure. An healthy ecosystem in your tank should be able to get rid of it easily. Nevertheless, an interesting topic. I did not see adverse effects when I overfed with Snowflake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Following this topic - although I have never had mine last that long in the tank, my little snowballs inhale it. It's kinda like leftovers when you have a teenage boy in the house... no such thing ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 When snowflake first was introduced to the market, many have stated it does not foul your water and is a safe leave in food. That's telling me that it would not produce ammonia or anything that would cause problems. I am telling you any decaying organic matter in water will produce ammonia if biological hasn't been established. The cup of water didn't have an established biological. If you see ammonia this means that your biological is not working and I would recommend some type of nitrifying bacteria product to help with your nitrogen cycle. If you believe snowflake is polluting your water and killing shrimp, stop using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 My CRS and BB doesn't touch snowflake much but occasionally eats it so it created a lot of fungus and I didn't know it would do harm. Usually when I feed snowflakes to my snowballs, you never see the fungus. It's gone before any is visible to the human eye. My first thread. http://www.shrimpspot.com/index.php?/topic/2562-snowflake/ It was forming fungus at a very fast rate that the shrimps can't keep up. Everyone said leave it in. The fungus remained in my tank for a good 2 weeks. And still lots left! This was just from a 2cm pellet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Even snowflake, feed sparely. 2CM is too much. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slycat929 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 For my 20-30 shrimp, I feed like half a cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 For my 20-30 shrimp, I feed like half a cm Do you see the fungus forming? Or is it eaten as it forms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slycat929 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 In one of my tanks, I saw a wad of fungus, as they did not seem to like it as much and I left it in for a couple weeks. In all my other tanks, I never see the fungus form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianzh Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 My tank always has snowflake in it, no dead so far. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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