What should i do now?? Ammonia in water help.

[Prince]

Hello again, I have been having problems with my tank getting started up. I had no choose at the time to use tap water and yes I know it's was not a good idea, but my tap water has a reading of ammonia 0.25. So I went out and got a RO Filter, I haven't gotten it set up yet had no power, so I have did two water changes,25%& 50% with RO water I bought and ready to go saltwater.I still am getting a reading of 0.25. I have no fish in yet, only live rock and sand.

~ Should I just keep doing daily water changes with RO water to get the ammonia level down?

~should I use ammo lock also in my tank?

~should I ghost feed again or just keep doing water change till ammonia is gone?

Ps-- got skimmer,cascade filter running, lights I turn on once in a while, and power head going.

Thanks again.

 

[crister13]

It could just be an inaccurate reading. If its API they always show some ammonia. So you could have 0.

 

[Prince]

It could just be an inaccurate reading. If its API they always show some ammonia. So you could have 0.

(-_-) are you serious!?!? Yes I am using a API test kit. There any other good test kits I can use to test with??

 

[crister13]

Salifert. Usually very accurate. And yes API can read high ammonia lol.

 

[Prince]

Salifert. Usually very accurate. And yes API can read high ammonia lol.

I've tested the RO water and everything came back as 0. Can it still be reading inaccurate??

 

[crister13]

Ehh...... Now it seems like you actually have 0.25.,,,, idk. I would just try to get it to a reading of 0. If it doesn't go down after 4 back to back (day to day) pwcs then it's showing the results wrong. Do 25% a day.