Hi!!
I need some advice on ammonia levels.
I have a 64L tank (pics attached) in the tank I have :
1 Dwarf Gourami
5 Rummy nose tetra
1 Cardinal Tetra
1 Rubber nose plec
I have the thermostat set at between 25 and 27 degrees and the water has a temp of 26 degrees. It has a filter with carbon filter pads and I feed them every other day on flake food and algae wafers/ cucumber for the plec.
We had some deaths around 4 weeks ago so after I had the water tested at the pet shop I found that my ammonia levels were too high. So, i immediately did a 50% water change and I am currently doing a 30 - 40% water change weekly. I was told this would correct the levels of ammonia in the tank.
Today I have done a 40% water change treated the new water with tap safe and my ammonia levels are still reading 0.25
I recently changed the filter pads as recommended too.
In the beginning we cycled for a week before purchasing fish and in hindsight i know this wasn't long enough. We originally had 2 dwarf gourami and 6 cardinal tetra's. All but one cardinal died and the two gourami were fine. We had to return a gourami to the pet shop as the bigger of the two was relentlessly attacking the smaller one. Read mixed reviews about keeping two males together and thought we would try to but didn't work out well.
The new additions to the tank( Rubber Nose plec and rummy nose) are 3 days in and seem to be doing well all are eating very well and the cardinal has now joined there little school which is great!!
Just seems to be an issue with the ammonia levels in the tank, i have read about ammo lock that you can buy that prevents the ammonia from being harmful. Has anyone used this or would anyone be able to recommend something else i can try to reduce the ammonia?
Thanks in advance
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I need some advice on ammonia levels.
I have a 64L tank (pics attached) in the tank I have :
1 Dwarf Gourami
5 Rummy nose tetra
1 Cardinal Tetra
1 Rubber nose plec
I have the thermostat set at between 25 and 27 degrees and the water has a temp of 26 degrees. It has a filter with carbon filter pads and I feed them every other day on flake food and algae wafers/ cucumber for the plec.
We had some deaths around 4 weeks ago so after I had the water tested at the pet shop I found that my ammonia levels were too high. So, i immediately did a 50% water change and I am currently doing a 30 - 40% water change weekly. I was told this would correct the levels of ammonia in the tank.
Today I have done a 40% water change treated the new water with tap safe and my ammonia levels are still reading 0.25
I recently changed the filter pads as recommended too.
In the beginning we cycled for a week before purchasing fish and in hindsight i know this wasn't long enough. We originally had 2 dwarf gourami and 6 cardinal tetra's. All but one cardinal died and the two gourami were fine. We had to return a gourami to the pet shop as the bigger of the two was relentlessly attacking the smaller one. Read mixed reviews about keeping two males together and thought we would try to but didn't work out well.
The new additions to the tank( Rubber Nose plec and rummy nose) are 3 days in and seem to be doing well all are eating very well and the cardinal has now joined there little school which is great!!
Just seems to be an issue with the ammonia levels in the tank, i have read about ammo lock that you can buy that prevents the ammonia from being harmful. Has anyone used this or would anyone be able to recommend something else i can try to reduce the ammonia?
Thanks in advance
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