I have ammonia in my tap water no nitrites, nitrates, and my ph is 6.0 or less. I want to do a dripp system and i have read that running a RO on my dripp can be bad for my fish because it removes all the nutriants from the water. what can i do can i run an RO or is ther another way?
How to remove ammonia in tap water?
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How big of a tank are you looking to add the drip system to?
What I would do:
Get a rubbermaid container of at least 15 gallons. Get a cheapo powerfilter and stuff it with bio-media and install on the rubbermaid. Seed the powerfilter with some established filter media and drip water into the container as fast as you drip it out into your main tank.
The filter on the tub will house the bacteria that will convert the ammonia to nitrates and dripping the water into the tub will act to dilute the ammonia as well.
What I would do:
Get a rubbermaid container of at least 15 gallons. Get a cheapo powerfilter and stuff it with bio-media and install on the rubbermaid. Seed the powerfilter with some established filter media and drip water into the container as fast as you drip it out into your main tank.
The filter on the tub will house the bacteria that will convert the ammonia to nitrates and dripping the water into the tub will act to dilute the ammonia as well.
I didn't know ammonia could be in Tap Water? it would have to be a small amount to even be legally qualified as tap? anyone know the laws?
my tapp water has .50 i just baught the house and just had it checked its safe for drinking and ther is no limit on the amount of trace eliments on well water in my area.
id be more worried that ammonia is in your tapwater for your health, not the fish's. but anywho, i think any good bio filter should be able to handle the excess amount of ammonia with no problems. it may take some time for the bacteria to stabilize with the increased amounts of ammonia though
My drinking water is safe for drinking ther are no limits or requlations on ammonia in tap water at all anywher http://www.ehow.com/facts_5565347_safe-levels-ammonia-drinking-water.html so please answer the ? i realy would like to do a dripp system without having to worry about my fish.
Are you seeing the ammonia after adding dechlor? If you have chloramine in your tap water, dechlor will break it down into chlorine (which the dechlor neutralizes) and ammonia which is normally weak enough for the filter to break down.
Try adding a complete water conditioner when doing water changes that removes ammonia and chlorine instead of using dechlor which just removes chlorine. I have to do this when I do big water changes on my feeder tanks or new tanks.
Try adding a complete water conditioner when doing water changes that removes ammonia and chlorine instead of using dechlor which just removes chlorine. I have to do this when I do big water changes on my feeder tanks or new tanks.