Fishkeeper92
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Lately ive been having some ammonia spikes in my tanks, i know i can get a chemical to help but im broke as joke, water changes dont seem to work but so much. What else can i do?
Ammonia
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hippy guy
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Water changes..also a cap of prime clears ammo for 48 hours for 10 gal.. prime is your best buddy
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Fishkeeper92
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Usually 20-30% with the occasional 50-60% i do use tap water but i add the dechlorinator and water treatment chemicals as im adding water
Aspencer
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I think you can do more water changes, twice a day to keep ammonia down...like a fish-in cycle of a tank.
hippy guy
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Id say do bigger pwc.s, and if your tap water is messing your tests up, buy ro/di water at kroger
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Fishkeeper92
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Just remembered i had a chemical treatment downstairs that slowly removes all the bad stuff out of the water. So PWC's with this added once a day i should have my ammonia under control in the next few days. Thanks for all the help.
hippy guy
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Yeah what chem. Do you speak of? Pwc.s take everything bad out, and other than water treatment (like prime) its free 
Adding new water is like opening your window and getting a nice breeze
Adding new water is like opening your window and getting a nice breeze
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Fishkeeper92
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Called AmQuel plus. Reduces bad chemicals by certain amounts when dosed properly, of course normal tank care is needed as well it just helps remove the crap.
hippy guy
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I have that..its ok, prime is the best though, it instantly turns ammo into a safe form for your fish, but its still usable by rhe bb in your filter
jcolon
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How large of an ammo spike are you having? 0ppm - 0.5+ppm? Are you testing using the API test master kit? If so and your getting these 0.5+ spikes, then IMO ... the first thing to figure out is why your having ammo spikes ... an established tank shouldn't have it.
The only the thing I could think of is ammo in the PWC water (tap i'm assuming), excess fish waste + excess uneaten food, decaying plant / dead stock .. etc.
As for dealing with the ammo .... PWC's and prime as has been mentioned is the best way.
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Fishkeeper92
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It seems to vary between 0.25 and 0.50 it just kind of decides okay i'll be this bad today ha. Im going to clean the gravel some and change the water here in a bit and test it again( i use the master kit to answer that) hopefully it'll be a little better.
jetajockey
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Prime and Amquel+ do the same thing. The main reason why people prefer Prime is because it is more concentrated, so it takes less to do the job.
hippy guy
Aquarium Advice Addict
I actually use a plastic syringe for my prime, because you literally only need alittle tiny bit, and eyeing it in the cap seems like I waste a lot...
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Fishkeeper92
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Cleaned and did a big water change, added some Amquel plus and let it sit, the fish seem to be doing better already.
hippy guy
Aquarium Advice Addict
@alex yeah that's nuts! Id never eye that out right haha
Also, a water change is never a bad thing, and the fish always love the fresh water
Also, a water change is never a bad thing, and the fish always love the fresh water
