hey i just a new baby ray, been changing water every morn to get rid of tail fungus, now i've noticed i have ammon, i've never had ammon! would the addition of this ray spike this level? its just a very juvenile ray? the water changes are about 25%, maybe i'm changing to much and starting the bactieria process over. all rays are fine still even the juvy! i swear i have the hardiest retics in the world, if i didn't test i would not have known the difference with them, hte ammon level was .5-1.0, 0 nitrite, i always have nitrate levels, pretty high ones at that, i don't even test those anymore!
adding a new baby ray spike levels?
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Check your pH level...The added ray waste coupled with your frewuent water changes may have affected the balance. I know my pH is low when i see a little bit of ammonia. Raising it up usually does the trick as long as it's not low for a long time.
ph is 6.4, its usually 6.0, i may have missed a couple of scoops with the water changes, the fungus is beaten i think i'm gonna chill with the water changes (i just finished a water change b4 typing this, it was a reaction to seeing ammon level!) i was going to get rid of my 15" shovel but his dumbass ran himself into the wall again and he has a broken snout or nose, red underneath and bent upwards, dumbass!!
Infected fish can cause stress to other tankmates, it would be best IMO to move the cat to a QT tank and releave some stress on your ray as well.
While immediatly .5-1.0ppm of ammonia may have no ill affects I believe, with a retic especially, it could lead to some serious problems. I did a water change and for some reason my water company added more ammonia then normal to my tap. Long story short my ammonia went up to about .25-.5 in my tank for a day or two untill the bacteria could take care of it. I lost my retic five days later, my motoro on the other hand never showed sighns of stress...
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