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cut and tape a trash bag to the back of the tank.

too tired at this point ill keep trying to reduce nitrates if some fish still seem listless ill add rainwater

Ammonia is present in almost all waters to some degree. In many cases, it is deliberately added to chlorinated feedwaters to reduce THM precursors. It is well removed by deionization processes but not by softening. The general approach to ammonia removal would be primary and polishing...

Took new samples of the water today found 0 ammonia in it from the same source and different sources around the house. Did not add anything to the softener. Thinking it might have to do with the timed recharge. Will have to do some research. The aquarium that got exposed to the ammonia still has...

For the sake of knowledge I want to say when the datnoid was looking ill his gills and body looked frozen and mouth stuck open he was right at the surface and sometimes spazzed and jolted through the water. In my experience its an obvious sign of oxygen deprivation. The ammonia introduction i do...

This is very useful information for me. The nitrates are high in my tank because I never changed my water. The main reason why I assumed the ammonia reintroduced into my tank would equate to unchange nitrates is because I didnt know this conversion factor and I took a nitrate test before and...

I plan to just do smaller more consistent water changes. If I ever need to do a large one I have my bin and will do my best with phosphate remover.

Im pretty sure all tap water contains some ammonia. Facilities put in to do something with chloramine. My well doesnt contain chlorine or chloramine. My well water is around 7.5 ph. Watersofteners only reduce water hardness by cation exchange. I dont drink salt water.

Yea im only doing smaller water changes now. If I need a big one I have a little storage container to prefill

yea I didnt know this until recently i started doing bigger water changes.

The excerpt doesn't make sense to me. Replacing water containing (relatively) 120 ppm of nitrate with water having 1 ppm ammonia, read eventually nitrate, should solve the problem that person was facing. I think this is my solution. But i cant do large water changes because I dump in too much...

the water in my tank has 0 ammonia the water coming from my well is 3. Tank water ph is 8.0 ph from well is same as yours. Nitrite 0 in tank and well. Nitrate is 140 in tank near 0 from well. I have no idea the hardness. I think the datnoid was shocked by ammonia when it went from 0 to 3 or...

The salt was low in the well maybe it just needs to be refilled. Does the morten salt remove ammonia?

I might also try muriatic acid in the same process as ammonia chips and see how they do. Since my other fish do fine with high nitrates maybe it is the not even really the high pH but the high well water mineral content that causes them to be a less then happy.

My well water does use solar salt water softener and while most of my hardy fish do fine the most sensitive including datnoid go into shock during large water changes (saved by being thrown into another tank) because so much ammonia is introduced into the tank. I will also let you know the well...

I have not tried any primers or chemicals let me know what I should try.

My aquarium water comes from my well. It comes out alkaline. My tanks water ammonia 0 nitrite near 0 nitrate between 80-160. My more sensitive fish dont do so well. I.E. tinfoil barb, datnoid, peacock bass. Ammonia comes out of my well water at 1.0 and 4.0 on API scale. This excerpt below I took...

just as good as any other. Guy just likes building aquariums

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