Easy Way to Eliminate Heavy Ammonia??

[BigDaddyMagnum]

now, recently i have a bad case of high ammonia in my eclipse 12, now out of curiousity, i was wondering, instead of doing water changes every single day could'nt i just take majority of the water out of my tank like 90 % or so and replace it with water from one of my other more balenced and cycled bigger tanks.....? is there any reason why i could'nt? caus ei have to be honest, these small frequent changes are getting me nowhere

 

[gomezladdams]

You could do that,but the ammonia will still build fast till the filter cycles.If you take some material from the filter in one of your cycled tanks and put it in that filter,or swish around a dirty cycled filter element in the new tank,that will have more impact on your ammonia levels.

 

[dwilder]

switching water from another cycled tank is usless your just adding dirty water not much bb water changes and prime are the way to go

 

[Hmong_Xiong]

if you invest in a bigger tank your ammonia will decrease and feeding the fish less

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

i have enough big tanks lol this is and will (HOPEFULLY) stay a small bedroom tank..... lol maybe il try the filter media trick

 

[dwilder]

if your tank is not cycled you will still have to do water changes and add something like prime till your filter is cycled

 

[Gene0514]

put the fish u have in there in a breeder box thing in one of ur cycled tanks and get a couple of feeder goldfish to cycle this tank
then slowly add the fish back in the tank

 

[EmilyMarie85]

There isnt any reason you cant take water from another tank and dump it into the tank w/ issues - but I agree w/ dwilder, its pretty useless. You really are just taking dirtied up water and putting it into a tank with dirtier water... and that dirtied up water is just going to get as dirty as the water already in the tank, only faster than clean water would... remember, its your bio-media thats going to help with ammonia - not your water... water doesnt clean water...
Id suggest the media trick. If you have a power head, get a sponge filter for it and put it in one of your well established tanks. It will build up good bacteria - then take the sponge and squeeze it into your tank w/ ammonia issues, then put the sponge back in the established tank. Repeat until tank w/ issues can sustain itself. Meanwhile, continue the water changes to keep the ammonia as low as possible.

Em

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Use prime or similar products that have that ammonia neutralizing property in it. You can try Ammo-Carb too.