Water Changes

I don't know if this has already been answered but i put some new LR in my tank and it made my ammonia and no3 go crazy...so i have been doing 30% water changes every few days and my ammonia is gone...now my no3 is still there...is there such thing as to much water changes?...will i harm my beneficial bacteria in my tank? i don't want to make my problems worse!!!:-X:-X:-X

 

i also tried poly filters and im sacred it will get saturated with toxins and leak back into my system

 

yes water changes can through your parameters off and cause bacteria to die

 

so should i just leave the poly filter in and chill on the water changes?

 

What were the params originally, what are the params now, how big is your tank and how many (and how much) water changes have you done so far?

 

i think as long as your not changing over 50% of your water and you let the water sit for 24-48 hours before adding it to your tank you will be ok

 

everything was fine did 5 g water changes every week... amm-0 nitrite-very low/0-no fish so i fed barely anything... i have a 46 g bow front, hang on filter skimmer, no fish, soft corals and various inverts crabs, snails, shrimp. The amm is gone but the nitrites are at maybe 5 at the most. The live rock is deff the culprit still some die off...i saw that my polyps were lookin a bit weak and my anemones were lookin thin so i changed 10 g then added prime...stuff looked a bit better for a few days then went back to their previous state...did another change 10 g...couple days go by now its today and i did another one as my amm is now gone or converted into nitrite...stuff looks alot better but still a bit weary mainly the anemones...all my creatures are fine but they are starving for some meaty bits and i feed verrrry sparingly...i just really dont want my anemones dying and killing the whole tank...should i still feed the anemones or do they not like to be fed when stressed?Should i just keep a polyfilter in and chill with the changes??

 

lol i think i may have already did about half the water ALSO- Its natural salt water thats filtered so it should have bacteria in it right?

Deff gonna chill on the water changes or only 5 g

 

I don't see a problem with 5g water changes to keep the nitrates down. Just keep adding daily Prime to bind the offending nitrogen compounds and keep your inhabitants happy. Things will mellow out here soon.

 

Adding live rock will always cause a cycle. If you need to add any more rock from here on out, do base rock. It takes a little longer to cure, but at the worst you'll only see a small spike in nitrites so long as you prepare it properly