Get extra prime for water changes. As you are going though this change, you are going to have to watch your parameters very closely, and may have to do a few extra water changes.
High Ammonia Help
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I don't use lava rock but it's old school method. Get about 200-300 pot scrubbies and trust me those things do wonders
What are your current tank parameters? Including ph, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and hardness if you have it. It's good to get a baseline so you can see how much has been changed. Would love some pics too!
It will take a while for the tank to clear all the way. On the upside, lava rock is inert. It won't affect your water parameters at all. Looks like your ammonia jumped a bit with the addition of the tap. How much did you add?
Last night ph was back down to a 6, ammonia down to .25 and nitrites 0 ppm and nitrates were high....Just now, ph is the same, ammonia .5, nitrites 0 and nitrates dropped. I didn't do a water change yesterday, so I did one just now. Adding less and less rodi water.
However, the gar is looking much better and is more active....actually all the fish are more active.
Good. Keep on it! It might help to pick up a bottle of seachem stability or brightwell aquatics microbactr7. Both work very well for boosting the nitrogen cycle.
