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messesb52

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sorry to hear this :(, was very good looking ray..hope you get ammonia fixed good luck
 
sorry to hear your lost but really with that many pages on your ammonia thread there got to be a right answer for you, beside ammonia is very easy to get rid of if you do more water change or with proper filtration so your bacteria is well develop.
 
hondas3000 said:
sorry to hear your lost but really with that many pages on your ammonia thread there got to be a right answer for you, beside ammonia is very easy to get rid of if you do more water change or with proper filtration so your bacteria is well develop.
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Well i've been trying to get rid of this ammonia for months now and i have been doing water changes 2x a week and have a large wet dry filter, which everyone on that thread said was the best type of filtration, so i invite you to read the thread for yourself before jumping to any conclusions.
 
That is really sad to hear mate. It seems like many people have difficulty regarding having 0 ammonia. Personally I have never had this problem, my filtration is 2 AC 110s combined with a filstar XP3 canister filter. I have over 1000gph of filtration and my tank cycles over 6 times. That being said, I alternate every week cleaning only 1 of the filters completely. Followed by a 30% water change every sunday. Rays have a huge bioload but it sounds like that you were doing a great job with tank maintenance. Did you remove uneaten food? Did you treat your tank with any medicines that ruined biological filtration? Did you clean filters with tap water or use the water already being removed from the tank? There are so many factors that could have come into play. Im surprised how quick the ammonia killed your ray, was there any symptoms before the incident?
 
shark.bait said:
That is really sad to hear mate. It seems like many people have difficulty regarding having 0 ammonia. Personally I have never had this problem, my filtration is 2 AC 110s combined with a filstar XP3 canister filter. I have over 1000gph of filtration and my tank cycles over 6 times. That being said, I alternate every week cleaning only 1 of the filters completely. Followed by a 30% water change every sunday. Rays have a huge bioload but it sounds like that you were doing a great job with tank maintenance. Did you remove uneaten food? Did you treat your tank with any medicines that ruined biological filtration? Did you clean filters with tap water or use the water already being removed from the tank? There are so many factors that could have come into play. Im surprised how quick the ammonia killed your ray, was there any symptoms before the incident?
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Hey man, i haven't done any of the things that you listed. But some people are saying my ph was too low (6.0) and that my wet dry filter wasn't running correctly but i'm not sure exactly what they are talking about. Maybe take a look at the forum that i posted above and maybe you will understand what they are trying to say better than i do.
 
What is the size of your sump and the gph rating on your return pump. I agree with the one guy who states that your fish are getting larger so it may not be sufficient filtration. I would recommend a AC110 over a fluval FX5. If your ph of 6 is consistent leave it. Although you should slowly adjust it to what your tap is.
 
I think your city water supply has Chloramine(as others have said). Chloramine is= Chlorine + Ammonia!!! When you use a water conditioner you remove the Chlorine- but not the ammonia. That is why all those water changes wouldn't/didn't help. You removed the chlorine but didn't touch the ammonia. It has been known for city water supplies to periodically add/change from a chlorine to a chloramine solution and back again. BRS and others sell chloramine filters for RO/DI units. Hope this helps-sorry for your loss.
 
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