Prime/Stability cycling...

[jpappy789]

Stability does not neutralize ammonia or nitrite...Prime does

 

[Hebily]

I remember reading on my bottle of stability (before I started using prime) that it detoxed ammo and ates, but jpappy is right about prime doing it for sure. I sometimes forget that prime neutralizes them.

 

[jpappy789]

Stability® will rapidly and safely establish the aquarium biofilter in freshwater and marine systems, thereby preventing the #1 cause of fish death: "new tank syndrome". Stability® is formulated specifically for the aquarium and contains a synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria which facilitate the breakdown of waste organics, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Unlike competing products, the bacteria employed by Stability® are non-sulfur fixing and will not produce toxic hydrogen sulfide. Stability® is completely harmless to all aquatic organisms as well as aquatic plants, thus there is no danger of over use. Stability® is the culmination of nearly a decade of research and development and represents the current state of the art in natural biological management.

From seachems website.

I suppose you could think of the conversion of ammonia to nitrite to nitrate as neutralizing in a way but it really is not the same.

 

[RDTigger]

that's very possible. That's why it';s good to still run the tests. It's living bacteria...sometimes living things die.

If you don't already have fish in there, I would wait a little longer. I would also look into maybe a fresh bottle of the stability. IF you don't have fish in there, I'm curious why you've done a water change. The reason the instructions have you do a massive dose and then maintenance doses daily, is so it accumilates. You may have actually set yourself back by doing water changes.

you say you're on day five and also say water changes in the plural...how many have you done?

I dose with stability directly into the power filter after a WC and it runs for 12+ hours in between WC to try and keep the ammonia levels down..

Just trying to keep the ammonia in a safe range but I was changing water more frequently recently as ny ammonia was at 1ppm

 

[Rbishop]

curious..have you checked your tap water for ammonia...?

 

[RDTigger]

curious..have you checked your tap water for ammonia...?

Yes...

Negative for ammonia

 

[Star_Rider]

how large is the partial change?
also you could try testing a sample.. take 1 gallon of tank water.. test.. then do a 50% change and test.
as a control also take 1 gallon of tap , treat with prime and then test it.