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...ans they have a lot of waste to release. Rays are very sensitive with the water parameters especially with ammonia, so you must make it sure that you water is ALWAYS in good condition. 2.Big Space ...
...nd ph condition is obviously important.the ph level should be 7 and do 20 % water change in every week.the ammonia and nitrate level should always be 0. 5.for a discus community aquarium one should ...
... droppings, uneaten food, decaying plants, and bugs that happen to fall in. Most of those wastes turn into ammonia and nitrite, which will make fish very sick. But fear not. The good cooties (benefici...
... do not need to add stress zyme or other live bacteria if your tank is cycled, and you are not having ammonia or nitrite problems. If doing a major gravel wash you can sometimes add a bit, but th...
... some decaying plants, including algae. When animal and vegetable matter rots in an aquarium it turns into ammonia and other toxins, thus resembling an aquatic garbage can. Just like the fish, any of ...
...hardy and they often become susceptible to stress-borne disease and die if not kept in optimal conditions. Ammonia and suboptimal water temperatures are the biggest threats to the immune system of a d...
...uses lots of the nutrients provided by fish and food waste, nutrients that would otherwise turn into toxic ammonia. A too-easy-to-grow floater is duckweed. It will take over an aquarium but will also ...
... just published an interesting bit of information about cycling a newly established tank to get rid of the ammonia spikes that are deadly to fish. Fish waste, food waste, and plant decay all produce a...
...seases.     * Before you do anything...Check your water parameters! Is there high ammonia? Nitrates? Nitrites? If you find any of these readings to be high, an immediate 25%...
...it, from their 25 gal, using the same water, same gravel and same filter. However, whilst PH is fine (7.0) ammonia is nil, nitrite is .25. This is the first time it's ever been higher than 0. If I don...
...ming the biological load imposed by 16 tiny mollies will be pretty negligable? Obviously, as they grow the ammonia levels will rise. I intend to combat this by frequent water changes - using safe, t...
...] then after that I got 2 juvenile Anglefish they seem to be doing great. but I just cannot seem to get my ammonia levels to go down! The Petsmart associate recommended "Prime" so I've been using it f...
...nts, I have 4 very small Java ferns, 2 sagittaria subulata and a couple moneyworts. I have virtually no ammonia, but both nitrite and nitrate read high for weeks now (drop test). I have drastically...
..., and ornaments. I have had it set up for about a month and a half so far, but since the first 2 weeks the ammonia levels have not budged from 8.0. At first I had 3 small angelfish in there, then I ad...
...ing a problem in one of my tanks. the reading for the water are as follows: Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 40ppm Ammonia: 1ppm Now that ammonia is what is worrying me, I have just done a water change, yes...
How long does the ammonia spike in a new tank last for? I think mine is at that stage now so I've done a 50% water change. Should I do one every day?
...d all my tanks today. And I notice that just about every tank has a reading of 40ppm for nitrate, yet the ammonia and nitrite readings are "0". How can that be and what does it mean? :huh: All ...
...erstand. The Black Neon Tetras that inhabit my 55 gallon have come down with ich. I do not know why. My ammonia is at zero, my nitrites are at zero, and surprisingly my nitrates are at zero. My ph...
...her than they should be but according to my test instructions not at a hazardous level. There was a little ammonia in the water, added ammo-lock to make it safe. Ammonia has started to fall in the pro...
...dmit it, I haven't been good about water changes over the last 2 months, but I did change the charcoal and ammonia filters every month. I have a 40 gal tank, and started losing a few fish recently. ...
... I bought at Petsmart. I have added The inhabitants are as follows: 5 Platys 3 Corys 2 Otos 18 Platy fry Ammonia 0 NO2 0 NO3 2.5 Thanks...
...CYCLE ...usually a 6 week time frame. In order to perform this process as a fishless cycle, a source of ammonia needs to be added to the tank daily. This can be acheived using flake food, which wil...
...r or more. I have been doing water changes on a monthly basis for the last 5 years, and nitrates nitrites, ammonia, PH, temperature, and alkalinity test great. I hate to see my fish in this condition....
...nd ceramic rings. My tank is running for 6 months and i have a problem with my water parameters because my ammonia doesn't stay at zero. I do my water change 3-4 times a week. Stingrays are ammonia ...
...g 4 were very sudden as did the one ram chichlid. I change and monitor the water weekly. All levels of ammonia/nitrates, etc are zero. I treat the water with de-clorinator with each change. I ca...
In useing an Ammonia NH3/NH4+ Test Kit, what should the safe level be? If it is too high what product can I use to lower it in a 2.5 gallon tank? Or should I just do the small water changes to lower i
... so far nothing has help so hopefully i can get more ideas in here. ph is normal and nitites is normal and ammonia is ZERO thanks in advance...
...st of the time. Ive just done a test on the water and nearly fell over the ph is slightly above normal and ammonias fine but the nitrites and nitrates are so through the roof that i cant tell you what...
...eem to be going anywhere. It's been way high for about 5 days now. NO3 (Nitrates) are at about 20ppm. NH3 (ammonia) is at 0. Am I just being impatient? Or doing something wrong? I've been changing 2...
...latys...3 Dalmation Platys..2 Fat Black Mollies...5 Tetra's...and 2 Neon tetras. We have well water and ammonia is 0 out of the tap. When I check it out of the tank it reads 1.0. Even a few hours a...
... am having problems keeping my Angelfish. I have a 40gal tank, I do a 20% water change a week and check my Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels once a week. All levels are at zero. I've had 2 die and o...
...ow discovered that I am apparently going through a mini-cycle - at least I HOPE it is a MINI-cycle with my ammonia now at .50. I'm scared to death I'm going to lose some of my fish. I changed some of ...
Hi Everyone!! I have a question on my test results. Here is the readings Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 2.0 Do these mean my tank has cycled?? I change my water (25%) weekely and that is
.... Since then I've started using AmQuel+ along side my water changes and my most recent water tests show no Ammonia, no Nitrites, and 5-10ppm of Nitrates (so I dosed again with AmQuel+, which should re...
our ammonia is at 0 but now our nitrates are still high and our ph low. I have done several times the water changes every two days and after water change we put in the concoction of baking soda and e
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