Hey guys this is now my second post on ammonia. Im still having issues and ive had this issue for about 3 weeks now. Ive done literally everything i can think of to get rid of the ammonia. My levels consistently read around .50. I do a water change and it seems to read as though there is none. Then when i wake up in the morning the ammonia levels are bacj around .50. I am doing 50% water changes every day using conditioner to make the water safe as well as a dose of prime that i add to the bucket then dump that into the tank to turn it into ammonium.
My nitrite and nitrate levels are at 0. I recently lost a jack dempsey due to a drastically low pH and to fix the pH i am using argonite in a mesh bag to buffer the pH to roughly 7.0. Ive added aquarium salt, melafix (to fix the injuries sustained to my oscar) and pimafix to prevent infection.
During water changes i have ensured that i am getting deep into the gravel. I have removed all but one decoration for hiding spots and i have removed all other possible sources of fish waste. I have not cleaned my filter to ensure that the bacteria have something to feed off of. I also added seachem stability to increase bacteria.
I simply do not understand where this ammonia is coming from within even 12 hours after a water change. If anyone can maybe help or clarify what is going on please do. I have had this tank set up for almost 2 years and cannot seem to find out why this is happening. I havent changed my filter pads in maybe a month which i was informed to never change them unless they are almost falling apart and i should only wipe them off in dicarded tank water to maybe clean them a bit.
Any suggestions as to what i should do here? Im getting frustrated with this issue and cannot simply stand to lose another precious fish.
As a side note i have read nothing bad about API ammo chips to remove ammonia. What does everyone else think about them. Are they effective? What are the issues that could come about with using them? Has anyone had success with this product? And how do they exactly work?
Thank you all so much!
T
My nitrite and nitrate levels are at 0. I recently lost a jack dempsey due to a drastically low pH and to fix the pH i am using argonite in a mesh bag to buffer the pH to roughly 7.0. Ive added aquarium salt, melafix (to fix the injuries sustained to my oscar) and pimafix to prevent infection.
During water changes i have ensured that i am getting deep into the gravel. I have removed all but one decoration for hiding spots and i have removed all other possible sources of fish waste. I have not cleaned my filter to ensure that the bacteria have something to feed off of. I also added seachem stability to increase bacteria.
I simply do not understand where this ammonia is coming from within even 12 hours after a water change. If anyone can maybe help or clarify what is going on please do. I have had this tank set up for almost 2 years and cannot seem to find out why this is happening. I havent changed my filter pads in maybe a month which i was informed to never change them unless they are almost falling apart and i should only wipe them off in dicarded tank water to maybe clean them a bit.
Any suggestions as to what i should do here? Im getting frustrated with this issue and cannot simply stand to lose another precious fish.
As a side note i have read nothing bad about API ammo chips to remove ammonia. What does everyone else think about them. Are they effective? What are the issues that could come about with using them? Has anyone had success with this product? And how do they exactly work?
Thank you all so much!
T