Lowering Ammonia
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Big daily water changes, maybe even 2x a day. Think about it, your tapwater has no ammonia. The more water changes you do, the quicker you get that poison out of the tank!
jcardona1;4970373; said:
How can you even be sure his tapwater don't have ammonia?
To OP, get stability and make sure your tank is completely cycled.
Just to chime in, treating water with ammonia in it with prime will neutralize ammonia but will still give ammonia reading on standard test kits.
Agree but in a perfectly cycled tank, I don't see a reason why ammonium should be present in the water other than the brief moment of water change where the chloramines are broken down. But the hungry bacteria should have gobble them up fast.
Thats why I don't change my water parameters straight away after water changes.
Thats why I don't change my water parameters straight away after water changes.
jcardona1;4970373; said:
Wrong. All tap has ammonia Purposefully put in it to kill certain types of bacteria.
Spiritofthesoul;4972430; said:
It does have Ammonia. All tap does. NOt a ton, but it's still in there.
OP, if you can tkae an establish filter sponge and squeeze it out or straight up Clean it in the tank with issues, that will help! It will release a ton of BB (Beneficial Bacteria) into the water to help process the Ammonia!
Wrong. All tap has ammonia Purposefully put in it to kill certain types of bacteria.
You couldn`t be more wrong.
You couldn`t be more wrong.
Sub-urban areas don't have such luxury. Their tap is directly from rainwater collection tanks or river. No ammonia/chlorine added.
Untreated city tap water WILL usually give a positive ammonia reading on an ammonia test because there IS ammonia in the water. Water treatment plants add chloramine which is chlorine bound to ammonia. If you treat your water with a dechlorinator, it will bind the chlorine and leave behind pure ammonia. I've run into this many times with city water. My water back in Kentucky was 2 ppm ammonia straight out of the tap, and was still 1 ppm ammonia after treatment with Prime. And yes, it will kill your fish.
You need a product to immediately bind the ammonia so it can stop doing damage to your fish. I would recommend AmQuel (not AmQuel X) which will bind the ammonia but still leave it in a form that the nitrifying bacteria can use to convert to nitrite and nitrate. Water changes are ok, but your fish will be stressed during the water change and can actually release more ammonia during water changes, which defeats the purpose. I'm sad to say that your fish are probably already doomed, but you need to immediately bind that ammonia.
And test your tap water to see what your ammonia reading on it is.
You need a product to immediately bind the ammonia so it can stop doing damage to your fish. I would recommend AmQuel (not AmQuel X) which will bind the ammonia but still leave it in a form that the nitrifying bacteria can use to convert to nitrite and nitrate. Water changes are ok, but your fish will be stressed during the water change and can actually release more ammonia during water changes, which defeats the purpose. I'm sad to say that your fish are probably already doomed, but you need to immediately bind that ammonia.
And test your tap water to see what your ammonia reading on it is.