dieing fish

[FISHandJEEPS]

ok i need help fast. i can't seem to keep any of my fish alive. I moved from the country with well water to the city. I have ammonia in the tap, leading me to think i have chloramine in the tap water here. I know the ammonia is from the chloramine. My question in how do i removed it? I have killed all my BB and can not get the water to cycle again. I have used Prime to rid of the chloramine. It takes about 5 times the recommended dose and about 4-5 days to remove all the Cloramine/ammonia. It has about 1 ppm of ammonia from the tap. I have also tried other chemicals which don't seem to help much. I have learned not to mix chemicals in the tank, resulting in more dead fish. I need something which will remove the chloramine fast enough that i can do water changes daily until the tanks are cycled. I have a 90gal, 75, 55, 50, 2 20s and a 10. When i moved i keep all of my filters submerged in water and kept the gravel wet. All of that BB has now been killed. I've only been post-poning my fishes deaths the past month. I need help quick.

 

[ewurm]

Use Seachem Prime. It removes Ammonia, Chlorine, and Chloramine, and neutralizes nitrite and nitrate.

 

[FISHandJEEPS]

I have used Prime to rid of the chloramine. It takes about 5 times the recommended dose and about 4-5 days to remove all the Cloramine/ammonia.

tried that

 

[WyldFya]

Generally once you have the water dechlorinated, don't do a water change, you are only going to prolong the time it takes for you tank to cycle. I assume that you want to do WC because you transported fish with you? What I would do, is not bother with worrying about wc's but to go out and buy enough bio-spira for the tank. Make sure the water is completely dechlorinated, and up to temp, and then pour it in. I would even go over board and get some extra. This should get your tank cycled over night.

 

[ewurm]

I agree with the bacteria product.

 

[DeLgAdO]

ok i need help fast. i can't seem to keep any of my fish alive. I moved from the country with well water to the city. I have ammonia in the tap, leading me to think i have chloramine in the tap water here. I know the ammonia is from the chloramine. My question in how do i removed it? I have killed all my BB and can not get the water to cycle again. I have used Prime to rid of the chloramine. It takes about 5 times the recommended dose and about 4-5 days to remove all the Cloramine/ammonia. It has about 1 ppm of ammonia from the tap. I have also tried other chemicals which don't seem to help much. I have learned not to mix chemicals in the tank, resulting in more dead fish.

you cant have ammonia in the tap, thats a health violation!!! its gotta be chloromine.

oh and chloromine is a compound of ammonia. chlorine its a single compound, NOT chlorimine AND ammonia or chlorine, its one package.

I have learned not to mix chemicals in the tank, resulting in more dead fish.

what are you mixing?

I need something which will remove the chloramine fast enough that i can do water changes daily until the tanks are cycled. I have a 90gal, 75, 55, 50, 2 20s and a 10. When i moved i keep all of my filters submerged in waterand kept the gravel wet.

GOOD LORD!!, how much are you changing daily? the move seems to be the shocker

im guessing, temperature shock, the filter unable to cycle because of how much and how often you change water.

All of that BB has now been killed. I've only been post-poning my fishes deaths the past month. I need help quick.

above in bold

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

What are your exact tap water parameters?

HarleyK

 

[DeLgAdO]

oh and chloromine is a compound of ammonia. chlorine its a single compound, NOT chlorimine AND ammonia or chlorine, its one package.

whoa, i must have been half asleep or something.



edit: chloromine is a compound of ammonia and chlorine

chloromine is a single compound, NOT chloromine AND ammonia or chlorine, its just chloromine.

 

[FISHandJEEPS]

I know the ammonia is from the chloramine.

I know this.

I'm not getting the answer to my question. I guess i should have asked

What do people here use to break the Chloramine bond and remove the ammonia? Prime is what i have been using but it takes way to long to remove the ammonia. I need something that works fast because i have killed the BB in all the tanks. I change water daily to keep the ammonia in the tanks lower. I dont change the water in every tank every day, but between all the tanks i do change water daily. Its not the temp. i make sure the new water is the same temp. I treat about 50 gals. at a time in the garage. It is heated to equal the tank it is going in.

oh, i put ammo lock into a tank that i had previously used prime in, twice. Both times within hours fish died.

The tap water is 1ppm ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate.

 

[FISHandJEEPS]

It has been a month since the move.