Ammonia in tap water, how to neutralize?

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Not really sure where to post this, had some comets in a cycled tank. Its been set up for about 3 months, I noticed clouded water and 2 comets bit the dust. So I tested the water for ammonia and it was 4.0, I tested my tap water and it has a ammonia rating of 2.0 and my water treatment doesn't neutralize ammonia. So I bought aqueon ammonia neutralizer and put it in the tank and am going to use it to neutralize tap water before water changes. Does anyone have experience with this? Will aqueon still cause false ammonia readings on my tester? I'm cutting back feeding and doing a gravel vac to clear residue any other suggestions? I just want the ammonia gone!

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What are you using to do the water tests, strips or the liquid test kits? 2ppm in your tap water are a big concern.

Seachem Prime or CloramX (powder) are 2 good products to use as a dechlorinator.

Sorry I can't advise you on the aqueon ammonia neutralizer.
 
I am using a liquid test kit, how long do the ammonia neutralizers usually take to start working? Yea I know alot of people in my town that had trouble having tanks and fish dieing and I believe I now know why lol. Im hoping that by morning it will have dropped at least a little bit as I would like to get this problem sorted out
 
I cannot get my ammonia levels down! Idk what else to try, I've been gravel vacing, water changes, reduced feeding, tried neutralizer, I'm just at a loss, can anyone help?

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I've always used API ammo lock for things like this. Tends to work pretty fast I say within an hour. Do you store your water before water change or just in all in one? If you store it will it sitting pore in some ammo lock. I would also add ammo chips to your filter.


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Your filter should be neutralizing ammonia; you shouldn't need chemicals to lower ammonia levels.

If your water is treated with Chloramines, you will want to neutralize the chloramine by using a conditioner such as Seachem Safe/Prime or Amquel. The byproduct of neutralizing the chloramines is ammonia, which if your filtration is adequate, will quickly bring down to near zero.

I think your issue is with inadequate biological filtration.

What size is the tank?

How large are these comets?

What is your water change and filter maintenance routine?
 
This is a small 10 gallon tank, I have 3 comets in it that are about an inch long each, my filters get changed every three weeks and I do twice a week water changes of one gallon. It is the standard size filter that came with the tank.

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That's your problem don't change your filters . You are throwing away your bacteria when u change ur filter pads use them till the fall apart. Once in a while wash them in a bucket of your fish water when you do a water change.

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evox53187 said:
That's your problem don't change your filters . You are throwing away your bacteria when u change ur filter pads use them till the fall apart. Once in a while wash them in a bucket of your fish water when you do a water change.

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+1. I have filter pads from my first tank over three years ago and still use them.


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