He guys... so my 180 gallon has been running for about a year now and every thing has been going pretty well with it for the most part. The current inhabitants are my marble motoro ray, a peacock bass, and an earth eater. The filtration i have on it right now is just a big wet dry filter and a uv sterilizer. My problem is that lately i have been experiencing small amount of ammonia in the aquarium of about .25ppm despite the light tank stock. Is this because of innadequate filtration? I was thinking about getting a canister filter such as a fluval fx5 or something, but would this help?
Insufficient Filtration
- Thread starter messesb52
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100% yes. It will only get worse as the fish get bigger too. You could add an AC110 hob filter and you'll be set. Fx5 or comparable would be great too but the 110 is a lot cheaper.
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A big wet dry is the best means of bio filtration another filter may not address the issue, just hide it. When do you get ammonia in relation to water changes? Did you test your tap water? Is it a steady/constant reading?
More filtration will break down the ammonia faster. If OP has conistent levels of ammonia in any amount, he needs more bio. Whether he adds it to the wet/dry or adds another filter. That's the solution.
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Yes get an fx5 or im also a fan of the rena xp4.. oh wait i have one for sale.. ill ship it to you if you want to buy it 
but really a canister on top of your other filtration will help incredibly.
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i did a 50% water change just 2 days ago, and i just tested the water and the ammonia is back up to .25 ppm. I am definetely willing to get a canister filter if the problem is that i don't have enough filtration, but i feel like its something else thats causing the ammonia. This is because i only have 3 fish in the tank, a peacock bass about 12 inches, an eartheater about 4 inches and a 6 inch marble motoro ray (who is getting very skinny because he isn't eating much because of the ammonia ). The wet dry is 40 gallons with a great pump (blueline 40x aqua pump), with a uv sterilizer also. It seems to me like there isn't any bacteria in the tank, its very weird, but i dont think this is possible as the tank has been running for half a year, and yes i completely cycled it.