any one use ammo lock

[chaibill]

have you used this ammo lock

 

[Blueiz]

I have used ammo lock. It works. It does not remove ammonia from your tank, it transforms it into a non toxic form that will still be removed by your bio filter. I don't reccomend using this except in emergency situations. Like fully stocking a tank before you cycle it because you didnt know any better, or because your biofilter suddenly crashes on an established tank.

Regular liquid ammonia test kits will not work to give you a reading of the toxic to fish form of ammonia in your tank. These test kits test total ammonia. You will need an ammo alert that hangs in your tank or something of the sorts to see if the ammonia in your tank is the toxic to fish form.

I suggest if you are using this product, it does not take the place of water changes to reduce the ammonia levels in your tank, but is used as an aid to you to keep the ammonia levels in acceptable range as your tank cycles (@ or >.25) . In the end..its not going to do a thing for the nitrite spike you will have as well.

HTH
Blue

 

[chaibill]

well i used bio spira and the ammonia is too high 1ppm >< 2ppm
then i put an aqua clear ammonia absorbing pack in the filter ac110
did a water change too

 

[severum mama]

Regular liquid ammonia test kits will not work to give you a reading of the toxic to fish form of ammonia in your tank.

These would be the Nessler reagent kits, if I' m not mistaken.

You will need an ammo alert that hangs in your tank or something of the sorts to see if the ammonia in your tank is the toxic to fish form.

I was under the impression that Salicylate-based reagents would not give you a false positive for total ammonia. Chabill- I seem to remember you were using the API Master Test Kit; this is a Salicylate-based kit.

then i put an aqua clear ammonia absorbing pack in the filter ac110

This will further impede your cycle. The best thing to do IMHO is just ride it out, doing as many water changes as necessary to keep NH3 and NO2 below .5. Do not vacuum the gravel, clean the filter, or change filter media until the tank has cycled and is stable. If you know anyone else that keeps an aquarium, see if you can borrow a used filter pad or a handful of gravel. The bacteria growing on either of these will help to seed your tank, and will greatly speed up your cycling process.

 

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

I usually throw a drop into a bag when shipping fish, snails whatever... I have yet to encounter a problem with it.

 

[chaibill]

so should i take the ammonia absorbing pack out of the filter?
how much gravel would i need to take from the 10gal to add to the 55gal?
i thought about puting the filtet from the ten gallon on the 55 but then i have no filter on the 10