I have watched it already. In fact i watched it yesterday
I just got a fish aquarium and my ammonia levels are high. What do I do??
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And just as an FYI while this seems like a lot of work it really is only starting the aquarium up that requires this much effort. After it is established you still need to maintain it with water changes and such but it is not nearly the effort. My point....it gets easier promise.
Ok thank you!
I bought some seachem prime and it says 1 capful for every 50 gallons
I bought some seachem prime and it says 1 capful for every 50 gallons
I think it’s per 50 gallons replaced. By that it would be a capful per 90% water change.
you could try a under gravel filter im going to try one
people say they arent a good kind of filter but might be worth trying
people say they arent a good kind of filter but might be worth trying
That's right! Good job. Make sure you measure pH right. pH affects the equilibrium strongly!
As Rocksor exactly says. I am with him. You need nothing now but patience, testing, and time. The mentioned ammonia alert wouldn't hurt but help.
Not necessarily. It may speed up the cycling , depending how much of the established media you introduce. You can take a whole established filter from one tank and install it on a new tank and the new tank would be cycled more or less, if the filter capacity is sufficient for the amount of fish in the new tank.
Please read my and Rocksor's advice more carefully. It's either a WC or Prime. You could do both too but understand why you do it and what you want to accomplish, like get away with a smaller WC, or to create a margin of safety against future ammonia rise, when you cannot be home, etc. Beware that Prime interferes with the API testing and you will need to learn how, so you don't get confused. This is one reason I prefer Ammolock or even WC's as Rocksor said.
Nope. You've learned how to test for ammonia. That's all.
As before, I propose again you read a few articles on the net, on MFK, etc. on nitrogen cycle in a fish tank as one homework. Whatever you don't get - ask here.
As a second homework, find out what disinfectant your city uses on your tap water and how much - your parents should normally receive an annual water report from your municipal water authority or you can find it online on their website.
You also seem to need to work on how to feed all your fish evenly, as we discussed. Divider, or spot feeding, etc. if the problem of one fish hogging most feed continues.
Ok my city uses chlorine to disinfect
As for the Nitrogen Cycle Ill try one more time. So if the water reaches .05 of free harmless ammonia ill do wc OR use prime NOT BOTH. I just have questions on how long it takes.
As for the Nitrogen Cycle Ill try one more time. So if the water reaches .05 of free harmless ammonia ill do wc OR use prime NOT BOTH. I just have questions on how long it takes.
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0.05ppm TOXIC ammonia from the chart requires at least a 50% water change. You can use Prime to condition the new water, dose Prime for total tank volume if you are filling with tap water directly into the tank. If you are using buckets put enough Prime for the total bucket volume
Fish aquarium was at about 1-2 ppm which is around the same as before. so about 0.01 of harmful free amonia
