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My awesome aquarium has been testing for ammonia. I did a 75% water change everyday this week and put an ammonia remover pad in my filter. To increase my bacteria I am going to put 2 big airstones on the bottom of my tank to create lift. I will then cover that with ceramic rings and then cover them with bio balls.

Will this help? Currently I have a glass bottom substrate. Are bio balls and ceramic rings safe as a substrate?
 
strollo22 said:
Water changes are not the answer, neither is ammonia remover. You need more bio. What fish are in the tank?


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Sorry it took me so long to respond. I didn't realize my username was changed. Guess the people on this site aren't a fan of Barak. Will a ceramic ring and bio ball substrate with airstones underneath significantly increase my bio filter.
 
strollo22 said:
Not the best way to go about it. What kind of filter(s) do you have and what kind of fish are in the tank?
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Agreed on the answer and the questions which were asked earlier....as for Barak,it was probably taken as a political reference which is a no no on this forum.
 
TermO said:
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I didn't realize my username was changed. Guess the people on this site aren't a fan of Barak. Will a ceramic ring and bio ball substrate with airstones underneath significantly increase my bio filter.
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Political and religious discussion is not allowed per the Terms of Service. Avoiding those two subjects is generally conducive to keeping arguments to a minimum. Your name was changed due to the fact that it was against the ToS of the site, it would have been changed if it was a reference to W as well.
 
Hello; Not enough information yet. Ammonia in an aquarium generally results from animal metabolism and/or decay byproducts such as too much food or perhaps dead fish. In an established tank there are colonies of beneficial bacteria (bb) that use ammonia as food and change it to another byproduct.

In a new tank (or in an old tank where a lot of new fish/animals are suddenly added) there may not enough bb to convert the ammonia that is in the water. Water changes can dilute the ammonia concentration for a short term but the fish/decay will continue to produce more ammonia so it is a continuous issue. It can take many weeks to seed a new tank with the bb populations needed.

There are some short cuts if you have access to an established aquarium from which some bb loaded material can be taken.

Water changes will not hurt but you may need to do more.

Live plants such as hornwort are reported to directly remove some ammonia and are also likely to have some colonies of bb on their surfaces. Hornwort is free floating and not rooted. Plants also are a benefit in a tank for other reasons.

Cut down on the amount of food each day. Feed only one time a day and even skip a day or two each week with no feeding at all. Overfeeding is a common problem. If you have been feeding a bit heavy it will be ok to not feed for several days, even a week for mature fish, and this should help reduce the ammonia load in the water.

Here is a link to an article about ammonia and tank cycles.

http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/nitrogen_cycle.html

Good luck
 
Check your tap water for ammonia too, just to be sure.

I don't think your idea of using ceramic rings and bioballs as substrate is very good, aside from looking ugly as hell there won't be that much water movement over them. Without knowing anything about your set up (a little more info in your initial post would have been helpful) I'd say you need to upgrade your filtration.
 
For filtration I use 2 lee corner filters and a aqueon quite flow 50.

http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06079-...id=1377818691&sr=8-4&keywords=Aquarium+filter

http://www.amazon.com/Lees-Triple-F...1377818648&sr=8-1&keywords=Lee+corner+filters

Sould I get a powerhead and aim it towards the ground to create more flow over the ceramic rings and balls.
David R said:
from looking ugly as hell
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I love my fish and will rather them live a healthy life and have an ugly looking tank then have them live a unhealthy life in a nice tank. Plus I already got stuck with an ugly women so I won't mind an ugly tank as long as it's healthy.
 
TERMO said:
I already got stuck with an ugly women so I won't mind an ugly tank as long as it's healthy.
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LMAO...a man's got to have something to look forward to coming home to.
 
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