My Ammonia Level Is High, I Need Some Help

[rrfreak]

I have a high ammonia level and am putting the chemicals to remove the ammonia in the tank. i checked it everyday and it is not going down, pease tell me some tips of how to lower the ammonia level.

 

[Blue Tigra Mike]

I have a high ammonia level and am putting the chemicals to remove the ammonia in the tank. i checked it everyday and it is not going down, pease tell me some tips of how to lower the ammonia level.

what chemicals are you currently using?

 

[rrfreak]

api

 

[Blue Tigra Mike]

Prime

never used that before, all i can recommend is the interpet ammonia remover, it worked for me! started to take effect withing 2 hrs, after 24hrs it went from 8.0ppm to 1.0ppm i then repeated the dose and within 48hrs its now 0ppm. upto you bud!

 

[rrfreak]

My level is .25 its supposed to be at 0 right?

 

[Blue Tigra Mike]

My level is .25 its supposed to be at 0 right?

yes its recommened 0ppm, however every testing kits is slighty different and the graph and number symbols slightly different readings from what other have. it cost me £10 a bottle, and it worked for me, no harm in trying it, or go with other product, i manily stick to what chemicals i know rather than trying new ones from where ever.goodluck with it!

 

[rrfreak]

I have the one with the test tubes and you put the drops in it, shake it up, and wait for 5 min and get the results to match up with the card.

 

[Blue Tigra Mike]

I have the one with the test tubes and you put the drops in it, shake it up, and wait for 5 min and get the results to match up with the card.

sounds like the same as me, is it the api one? how long you had your tank for?

 

[gaz gun man]

water changes are the only sure-fire way to remove ammonia from your tank.

 

[cowboy507]

I think you have the API kit, which is a pretty good one, you just need to keep on doing daily water changes, how long have you had your tank? and is it cycled? Just keep the ammonia and nitrite levels below .25 if you are still cycling.

Oh, and it looks like your guppy ratio is off, you normally want 1 male for every female and the males will constantly harass the female. just an fyi.

 

[waterdrop]

Agree with Gaz and Cowboy.

While Prime is an excellent conditioner and will do a good job of converting dangerous ammonia into ammonium (which is safe for the fish and which the bacteria can eat, so the fish-in cycle continues) it is not the correct solution to the problem. Water changes with correct water change technique are the right way to go.

When you water change and a toxin is still present at an unacceptable level, you can water change again as soon as an hour later. Water changes should be 50-70% in these types of cases. Having dangerous levels of ammonia or nitrite(NO2) is a much worse thing than the worry of possible shock from large percentage water changes.

The problem with putting too many chemicals in to solve tank problems is that the chemicals that are left over after the reactions are still in the tank and are usually undesirable, needing to go out with water changes anyway, so larger water changes are just better to solve the problem to begin with.

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