I argee with the two people above me! When did the switch over happen? What did you move from tank to tank?
Carbon & Ammo chips
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The switch over occured well over a month ago maybe almost 2 now. I gave up keeping track of how long it has been. Defintely less than 3 months. I moved ugf, filter (the one that hang on the tank but it had been cleaned out w/ new media), new gravel (threw away old ones). That was before I read about where bacteria would reside. Apparently using old water doesn't help any since bacteria would be on gravel, filter media. :duh:
I just did a water change the parameters are as the following:
Nitrate: 20
Nitrite: 0.5 came down from 1
Ammonia: seems to be still at 4, hard to tell if its between 2 or 4. I would rather to say 4 for now.
Umm... as for water conditior that I use... Stress Zyme and Ammo-lock. The tap water has 2ppm of ammonia, I found that out by testing the water w/ ammonia kit.
I just did a water change the parameters are as the following:
Nitrate: 20
Nitrite: 0.5 came down from 1
Ammonia: seems to be still at 4, hard to tell if its between 2 or 4. I would rather to say 4 for now.
Umm... as for water conditior that I use... Stress Zyme and Ammo-lock. The tap water has 2ppm of ammonia, I found that out by testing the water w/ ammonia kit.
I really think the tank is still cycling? I would rather to see ammonia at 0 then I would say the cycle has ended.Kasakato said:
I'm using uh master tester kit from aqua. phar. dropper thingy. Ha, I can't spell anything. :thud:
He, Im having one of those days. I cant edit either.
The ammoina and nitrite levels dont say its cycled. Whats the levels out of the tap?
The ammoina and nitrite levels dont say its cycled. Whats the levels out of the tap?
Thats why!! The ammoina is high to start lol. Try using something like Prime to make it safe for fish.
Yeah, I know its high. I've been using ammo-lock. It seem to work real well. My fish are eating normally and always happy.
I guess that i can't really expect to see ammonia at 0 probably looking for 2? Will I ever be able to get it to 0? :fairy:
I guess that i can't really expect to see ammonia at 0 probably looking for 2? Will I ever be able to get it to 0? :fairy:
More likely your water company uses chloramines to treat the water. You can call them and ask, they should be more then happy to tell you. While you're there, you may as well ask them to e-mail you the annual water analysis results. That way you'll know what to expect from your water: pH, hardness, Ca, other minerals...
Chloramines will show up as ammonia in certain test kits. Do as Kas suggests and use a good dechlorinator like Prime, one that both neutralizes chlorine and chloramines and sequesters ammonia. Then ditch the ammo chips.
Chloramines will show up as ammonia in certain test kits. Do as Kas suggests and use a good dechlorinator like Prime, one that both neutralizes chlorine and chloramines and sequesters ammonia. Then ditch the ammo chips.
