Ammonia

[Annaconda]

I have a 29 gallon tank that I have set up early november, with a seeded filter....Things have been great cept my ammonia reading......
Its been reading .25, even after water changes, Wasnt to worried about it, just thought maybe I was over feeding, so I cut back.

I Set up a 10 gallon tank, for my frogs, and the same GREAT cept the ammonia.
So I tested my tap, and sure enough its there.
My question is even though its in my water, over time can the bacteria in the tanks, eventually eat the ammonia, so its a 0? Or will I have to add stuff to take my ammonia out??

 

[xoedusk]

I have a 29 gallon tank that I have set up early november, with a seeded filter....Things have been great cept my ammonia reading......
Its been reading .25, even after water changes, Wasnt to worried about it, just thought maybe I was over feeding, so I cut back.

I Set up a 10 gallon tank, for my frogs, and the same GREAT cept the ammonia.
So I tested my tap, and sure enough its there.
My question is even though its in my water, over time can the bacteria in the tanks, eventually eat the ammonia, so its a 0? Or will I have to add stuff to take my ammonia out??

I would expect your bacteria will eat the ammonia. Test your ammonia right before your weekly water change; it should be 0. However you're adding new ammonia each week. As a short term solution, consider purchasing Ammo Lock or similar product; it will detoxify ammonia but the ammonia will still show up on your tests.

Perhaps contact your water company as well, see if they are sending ammonia your way or if something else is going on.

Are your fish putting up with the ammonia?

 

[Annaconda]

I have a well, so I really cant contact anyone about the water.
As for my fish there handling it great, they keep having babies. I only have platys.
Even my frogs seem to be doing good.

I am concidering a ro unit,which my hubby thinks is nuts, because were moving soon, I can look into the ammo lock stuff.

 

[Tolak]

Many people have to deal with trace amounts of ammonia in their water supply. Anyone with chloramine in their water has to also deal with ammonia, as chloramine is composed of chlorine & ammonia. A good water conditioner that deals with chlorine, chloramine & ammonia is cheaper & easier to deal with than recostituting ro. You shouldn't use straight ro in an aquarium, as it has no hardness to buffer pH, ending up with some wild pH swings which are really bad for fish. Additives are needed to increase the hardness, this will prevent pH swings.

A cycled tank should take care of a slight amount oif ammonia, I, as well as many others, use a dechlorinator that only deals with chlorine & chloramine, leaving you with some ammonia which is dealt with by your bio filtration. This depend on your local water conditions, I can get by with this in the summer for the most part, in the winter it won't work.

Here's a link to a comparison of water conditioners; http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm