Miyavp
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Btw if you can find seachem prime that stuff goes a long way. It also neutralizes ammonia
Two Guppies in Shock?
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caligulasAquarium
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I'm just curious, what is it? xD I've never heard of it. I'm sure that will greatly help me with my ammonia war.
Miyavp
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Its a fantastic dechlorinator. By seachem enterprises. It helps with ammonia nitrites and nitrates. They sell it at petco I know for sure.
caligulasAquarium
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Alright, I'll look for it next time I go to my lfs, if not, I'll stop by Petco.
Miyavp
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My tap water has high nitrates in it, i have well water. So sometimes when I cant get fresh water I put some seachem in until I can get water for a water change.
caligulasAquarium
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Okay. I think I have this under control now. I'll keep up with my water change schedule until the ammonia is down well enough to keep from burning the fish gills and everything. Thank you for all your help~!
Miyavp
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Okay. I think I have this under control now. I'll keep up with my water change schedule until the ammonia is down well enough to keep from burning the fish gills and everything. Thank you for all your help~!
No problem
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Scottyhorse
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Do you have the API Master Freshwater Test? If you do, I would test at least 2 times a day, that way you can keep your ammonia levels in check. IMHO, you shouldn't have bought any fish until there was no ammonia or trites. The reason is, when you are cycling your fish tank, there is going to be ammonia, which you need to build up the BB. It should get up to about 4ppm, which is bad for any fish. Then if you add fish before the BB builds up enough to eat the ammonia and trites, you are going to over load the tanks buffering capacity, and the ammonia will get out of control like it is in your tank.
caligulasAquarium
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I think that's what I have. And, sorry about my noob questions, what do IMHO and BB stand for? But I have a busy schedule, and all I can do is water changing until Sunday, but I vacuum the gravel. The ammonia has gone down about 2.0ppm. But the tap water has .50ppm ammonia in it, and I ran out of tap water conditioner. I might have time tomorrow to pick up some seachem from the lfs.
Lochnessholly
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In my honest opinion and beneficial bacteria
caligulasAquarium
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Thank you
Tippytrampoline
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Just as an FYI, I noticed before you said your ph was 6.7? I'm not 100% positive but I read somewhere that lower ph makes it difficult for the BB to reproduce and survive, so that may be a contributing factor to your abnormally high ammonia? If someone more knowledgable could chime in it'd be way more beneficial.
caligulasAquarium
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It's about 6.7. I heard somewhere its better to keep it there though because I have a pair of angelfish that prefer lower pH, because they're doing perfect, other than the fact that Eridan's missing a ton of scales. But it would help for me know exactly, because it has been high for an extremely long time.
Tippytrampoline
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Okay I checked on it, your ph is in optimal range. It's below 6 that it becomes difficult for them. It's remained at a stable ph? Hasn't fluctuated at all?
caligulasAquarium
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For all I know, it's never been lower than 6.4. It was 6.4 with my first test on 12/8, and it raised to about 6.7 on 12/25. I'm visiting my lfs tonight, so I may be able to get some advice and some supplies.
Miyavp
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Keep in mind unless you have a kind of fish that needs a certian ph, its best not to mess with it. A stable ph is much better than a perfect one.
caligulasAquarium
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I've never really tried to mess with the pH, it's my tap water that has. But at least now I have chemicals to keep it stable. I just left the lfs with the Seachem, and a few other chemicals and a bubbler.
Miyavp
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Hopefully everything you got helps. What other stuff did you get?
caligulasAquarium
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Hopefully. I really do, I just started with Angelfish a few weeks ago, and I just noticed my problems, and I already lost two fish to them (a double black and a rosy barb). But I got SeaChem Prime, AmmoLock, Nitra-something, which is supposed to help get rid of the ammonia and stuff. The owner reccommended the three chemicals. Then I got a couple T-valves and a bubbling rectangle. Which brings me to the next question, why isn't it bubbling when it's placed in the tank. When I go to take it out, it starts bubbling like mad!
I used to have a rather big volcano bubbler, but my old plecos broke it. The volcano worked very well off just one vent, when the strip isn't working on two.
Tippytrampoline
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Hopefully. I really do, I just started with Angelfish a few weeks ago, and I just noticed my problems, and I already lost two fish to them (a double black and a rosy barb). But I got SeaChem Prime, AmmoLock, Nitra-something, which is supposed to help get rid of the ammonia and stuff. The owner reccommended the three chemicals. Then I got a couple T-valves and a bubbling rectangle. Which brings me to the next question, why isn't it bubbling when it's placed in the tank. When I go to take it out, it starts bubbling like mad!
Maybe the pressure isn't high enough to get the air all the way to the bottom of your tank. Also, is there water in the tubing? How old is your air pump?
Also, I'm glad to hear that your ph hasn't fluctuated too much, hopefully you can sort it out. I'm plum out of ideas now
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