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About a months ago, I had an ammonia spike. And when I mean spike, it was high. like 10, yes ten. I started doing 50% water changes daily for two weeks. Ammonia went up to 11. Nitrites were fine, (.25) and Nitrates were at 15. So after about another week. My amonia came back on the chart (yay!), but was still 8. But, my fish are acting normal, eating, playing, doing the same things they did before the spike. My tank is clear, and the fish are eating like theres no tomorrow. Is it possible that fish can get used to ammonia? I think mine did. Well at least close as you can get to high ammonia. BTW Ammonia is now 6. My tank is not new, 8 months? Any suggestions? I have added ammo-lock and ammo-chips. Help?
 
High ammonia usually means a dirty filter that has stopped doing its' job, in addition to overcrowding / overfeeding.

I hope you are also doing gravel vac'ing - if you are not, DO SO!
 
how long have you been using the ammo-lock and ammo chips? also, what is the normal water conditioner that you use. I'm guessing whatever you're using has neutralized the ammonia (which is what ammo-lock does) so that it theoretically won't be hazardous to the fish. that's why they're still alive. fish won't get immune or used to consistently high ammonia levels. :)
 
santoury;695780; said:
High ammonia usually means a dirty filter that has stopped doing its' job, in addition to overcrowding / overfeeding.

I hope you are also doing gravel vac'ing - if you are not, DO SO!
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Yea i do. I did the 50% w/c daily and gravel vac. EOD. The filter works fine.

I rinse media every 2 weeks
 
Ammo lock I use after every water change. 3 capfulls. And ammo chips last week. The water conditioner is stress zyme, stress coat, and one capful of prime
 
FYI. Certain ammonia test kits will still register a false positive if you're using an ammonia removal agent.

There are numerous ammonia removal products available that will provide almost immediate, temporary relief for the inhabitants of the tank. We use and recommend Prime from SeaChem Labs. Ammonia will be altered to a non-toxic chemical, but will still fool any Nessler Reagent based ammonia test kit, thus giving a false positive reading. Use a sodium salicyliate ammonia test kit (Sea-Test or Dry-Tab) to obtain an accurate reading.
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Source: http://www.beverlyspet.com/fishtalk/Handling High Ammonia Levels.htm
 
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