ammonia in tap water?

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mitchv10

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I keep testing my tank every day and i get the same readings for ammonia, so i tested my tap water and it shows my ammonia 1 can this be? basicly my tap water is the same as my tank water ph7.6 nitrite0 nitrate0 ammonia 1 it has been i week since my start up and i have 6 danios in there and bio spira. does this sound rite

 

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• Jan 20, 2007

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No. It means your tanks bacteria have not developed enough to eliminate the ammonia coming from the tap.

 

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• Jan 21, 2007

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Water suppliers use chloramine, which is a combination of chlorine and ammonia to keep water free of contaminants. This is the reason why a water treatment should be used to remove these chemicals from the water before using at water change time.

 

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• Jan 21, 2007

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The conditioner will not remove the ammonia. It will bind it to a non toxic form, but your bacteria will do the conversion on it.

 

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• Jan 21, 2007

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My water company switched to chloramines this past fall and now I have 1ppm ammonia in mine as well. Eventually your Nitrates will take care of it. Just do water changes until you get no more ammonia readings.

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