ammo wont budge!!!!!!!!

[allaboutfish]

i just did a 75 instead and ill test in a sec

 

[allaboutfish]

should i shake my filter in an uncycled tank?

 

[Sarcothelia]

Oh when you said huge log thing I thought you meant driftwood.

 

[eco23]

should i shake my filter in an uncycled tank?

You mean to rinse debris off it during the pwc? Sure, it might help seed the other, just make sure it doesn't touch water with chlorine.

 

[allaboutfish]

k bc it spits stuff into my tank when i turn it on

 

[eco23]

k bc it spits stuff into my tank when i turn it on

Otherwise just use the water you sucked into the bucket during the pwc.

 

[allaboutfish]

already shook it in my 5 gallon. i think im gonna buy an aquaclear 20 to run with my aquatech 10-20 bc it's not very good

 

[eco23]

already shook it in my 5 gallon. i think im gonna buy an aquaclear 20 to run with my aquatech 10-20 bc it's not very good

Cool. Have you tested ammo since the pwc? I'm dying to know.

 

[allaboutfish]

im doing it now

 

[allaboutfish]

ok so now it's
ammo-.50
nitrites-0
nitrates-20 or maybe 10 (now how it went from 5.0 to one of those i have no idea)
ill do another 50% to get the ammo down and then tomorrow the ammo should be gone

 

[eco23]

ok so now it's
ammo-.50
nitrites-0
nitrates-20 or maybe 10 (now how it went from 5.0 to one of those i have no idea)
ill do another 50% to get the ammo down and then tomorrow the ammo should be gone

Odd my friend...odd. How big of pwc's were you previously doing? Just small ones? Are you sure you're doing the nitrAte test right? Shaking #2 solution for 30 seconds, then the test tube for a solid minute?

 

[allaboutfish]

i do the nitrate right and i was removing 3 gallons of water and i just removed around 6

 

[allaboutfish]

ok so any advice on my 5 gallon
ammo-1.0 i think or 2.0
nitrites-way too high too read,
nitrates like 10.0

should i do a water change

 

[Mr. Limpet]

You've been doing enough that you should have 0's across the board. Since (as I have the info) ammo testing the tap 0, cured w/prime 0, tank stays locked in at 1-2ppm even after a 50% PWC. There's something amiss with you tank, filter, a decco, substrate holding it up and I don't see where else to point you.

 

[allaboutfish]

i shook my filter in another tank and i did have a decoration that was holding an algae wafer my algae eater hid