Help With New Tank High Ammonia Levels

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i just baught a new fish tank had it about 1 week maybe a little more. the water started gettign really cloudy and ammonia was high. the fish store said its normal called new tank syndrome it was just going through its initial setting up period. it went away not fully now the cloudy water is coming back i been testing the ammonia again when the cloudy water started clearing up the ammonia levels never changed. i been using some ammonia killers from api called amm-clear or something like that, and water conditioner also from api, and another one from api for algea growth for benificial allgy. i use the ammonia stuff when it tells me to do it and yet ammonia still does not drop i also have had about 5 fish die now 2 of them were pregnant not sure if its a big factor one died right after giving birth other died just befor having babies. can someone please help with why my ammonia levels are high and not going down even with the ammonia medicine stuff. all the other levels ph and all that stuff are good ammonia is only one thats bad. i really appreciate the help. I'm not sure if this is in right section or not im new here and still learning were certain threads go.
 
you need to do regular water changes to bring the levels down, maybe as many as every 2 hours ( leave an hour between testing)
cloudy tanks are the norm to start with, problem is you need to WC to get the ammonia out, but this will also encourage the water to get more cloudy, BUT it WILL clear up will take about 3 - 5 days after u have dropped the levels

what testing kit are you using ( API master-freshwater is the best)
post your other results plz, nitrIte and nitrAte
 

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