Mikepirhanaman540
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I have recently ditched my crap undergravel filter in my 55 gallon tank, housing 3 medium RBPās, I have switched to the penguin bio wheel 75 gallon filter system.
I had performed many frequent water changes trying to combat my issue before I switched to this different filter, and based on the water changes I had performed to attempt to lower the nitrates, I would assume my tank has been attempting the recycle as I believe I may have killed all bad bacteria.
it has been 3 weeks since I switched to the bio wheel filter, I have been checking my ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels almost every other day, only to notice today that my ammonia levels are through the roof , .50 PPM + , 0 nitrite , and very high nitrate levels, despite all the water changes I had performed.
I should also mention I had treated my tank and all added water with API stress coat , stress zyme, and I also dosed my entire tank with ammo-lock approx 3 days ago.
- would the ammo lock contribute to the visible rise in ammonia levels in my tank?
- why all the sudden, when my tank has appeared to have almost completed any bacteria bloom, eg , seemed very clear and clean , but now it has seemed cloudy for the past 2 days, hence my I checked my parameters.
ANY advice would be appreciated but I do want to try avoiding any unnecessary water changes , as I believe this is what possibly for me into this problem in the first place.
THANK you all for any input.
Ammonia - .50 PPM plus
Nitrite - 0 PPM
Nitrate - 60 - 80 PPM +
This is after a steady 2 -3 week period of decent parameters, only slight slight ammonia levels , so close to zero I would question my colour sight while reading the test.
Nitrite was above 0 for a while and then dropped to zero within a few days, ammonia stayed around the same very low low ready if any at all.
Than I added ammo lock roughly 3 days ago.....
I had performed many frequent water changes trying to combat my issue before I switched to this different filter, and based on the water changes I had performed to attempt to lower the nitrates, I would assume my tank has been attempting the recycle as I believe I may have killed all bad bacteria.
it has been 3 weeks since I switched to the bio wheel filter, I have been checking my ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels almost every other day, only to notice today that my ammonia levels are through the roof , .50 PPM + , 0 nitrite , and very high nitrate levels, despite all the water changes I had performed.
I should also mention I had treated my tank and all added water with API stress coat , stress zyme, and I also dosed my entire tank with ammo-lock approx 3 days ago.
- would the ammo lock contribute to the visible rise in ammonia levels in my tank?
- why all the sudden, when my tank has appeared to have almost completed any bacteria bloom, eg , seemed very clear and clean , but now it has seemed cloudy for the past 2 days, hence my I checked my parameters.
ANY advice would be appreciated but I do want to try avoiding any unnecessary water changes , as I believe this is what possibly for me into this problem in the first place.
THANK you all for any input.
Ammonia - .50 PPM plus
Nitrite - 0 PPM
Nitrate - 60 - 80 PPM +
This is after a steady 2 -3 week period of decent parameters, only slight slight ammonia levels , so close to zero I would question my colour sight while reading the test.
Nitrite was above 0 for a while and then dropped to zero within a few days, ammonia stayed around the same very low low ready if any at all.
Than I added ammo lock roughly 3 days ago.....