llama boy Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 I've been told that less feeding and often water changes should help bring ammonia down, but is there any other way that i can bring it down, cos it's at 1.9-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 You should do a gravel clean, that im asumming is were the amonia will be coming from, fish poo biuld up = amonia spikes, water changes can help, you dont want any amonia in your tanks. What size tank and what population of fish/size/type? if your tnak is over stocked then that could be one of the probs aswell. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Keep your pH as close to 7 or just below as you can. 6.5 is good. Ammonia becomes logarithmically more toxic as pH goes up. Eg at pH 9.0 it’s 10x more toxic than at 8.0…. At pH less than 7.0, ammonia changes to ammonium, which is less toxic than ammonia. It gives you the chance to get rid of it with water changes as long as your fish are ok at 6.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachy Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Hi there is your tank a new setup? are you over feeding? have you enough filtration? seems funny that you should have a high ammonia reading at all. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 seems funny that you should have a high ammonia reading at all. :-? Why? Its easy to get amonia levels ina tank if you have been overfeeding, overstocking and undermaintaning. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachy Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Yea true shae, i guese i say that cause ive never had that prob, what about that ammo rid stuff its like carbon looks like kitty litter? would that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 If it is newly set up and cycling I would not recommend anything to get rid of ammonia as it stuffs up test readings and slows down the cycling. If a tank is set up, cycled, then maintained correctly (inc stocking and feeding) such products should not be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Try adding some 'cycle', it contains all the good ammonia and ammonia by product eating bacteria that you need to get a tank up and running quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama boy Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 well it is a new tank, i've cut down on feeding and do regular water changes so hopefully is will go down. I'm using cycle when i do the water change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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