xfactor6699
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How do people feel about ammo lock chemical
xfactor6699 said:How do people feel about ammo lock chemical
How do people feel about ammo lock chemical
xfactor6699 said:I've got a smaller filter if I add it fill it with micro beads will it keep more bb so that when I get these stupied out of nowhere ammonia spikes it can control it better
eco23 said:Have you figured out what is causing the ammonia spikes? You shouldn't ever need to use any type of chemical or product to deal with ammonia (should always be 0) if the tank is established. Do you change filter media often? Possibly overfeed? Redecorate the tanks a lot?
I didn't change any media or over feed but I did go from gravel to sand... Saturday I took 60% of my water out put it in a bucket took out more water (down to the top of the gravel so about in 1''1/2) took out all gravel but like a 1/4 washed my sand then added my sand (kept alittle gravel at the very bottom for bb) then put old water back in then filed rest with new water
xfactor6699 said:I have a 70g on a 55g with an air stone..... If I was going through a mini wouldn't the water be cloudy cause mine in crystal clear
I have a 70g on a 55g with an air stone..... If I was going through a mini wouldn't the water be cloudy cause mine in crystal clear
xfactor6699 said:My nitrates are 5ppm to 10ppm..how long will this take u think
xfactor6699 said:My levels are
Ammonia.50
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5ppm-10ppm
That's as high as it gets for my ammonia.... Would these levels mess up with my plants and with me trying to grow algae
eco23 said:You've got to keep the ammonia under .25 at all time to prevent illness to your fish. A 50% pwc will reduce it by half...so that would be the minimum you need to do ASAP. Try to pick up a bottle of Seachem Prime because it not only dechlorinates to water, but also renders the ammonia non toxic for 24-36 hours. The fact that it's not climbing too high should mean the mini-cycle won't last too long...but you've got to keep on top of the daily pwc's to keep your fish from suffering. Use the guide I linked in my first post to get you through it.
Plants will actually help by absorbing some of the ammonia...and I'm not sure how it will affect algae growth if at all. Why are you trying to grow algae?
Yeah I do pwc everyday but they keep going up its aggravating lol... so the algae thing when I went on vaca. My timer broke so my lights stayed on for 2 weeks I know right anyways when I got home there was so much algae so I bought 2 flying foxes and a farlowella cat well they cleaned the crap out of the algae now u have no algae and I've tried algae wafers and veggies and they won't eat any of it... I got a profile on farlowella cats and they usually starve to death when there is a lack of algae so I'm trying to grow algae for him cause I dont want him to die... I know most try to get it out of the tank while I'm getting it to grow in mine with no success lol
WendiDell said:Good news bad news. If you want algae to grow leave your lights on longer it will help it grow.
Good news is your nitrAtes are good, bad news is your ammonia will kill your plants and your fish.
The bacteria for nitrAtes grows on the Deco and in the gravel and in the filter so you won't kill it off with PWC.
Until you find the reason for the ammonia spikes you may need to do PWC twice a day to keep it below .25ppm. Zero is preferable but below .25ppm is OK while cycling or what ever your tanks issue is right now.
With your ammonia at .5ppm you need a minimum 50% PWC, now.
Then test every 12 hours. When it hits .25ppm do a 25% PWC.
One question, why ever would you want to grow Algae???
I leave my light on for 13 hours right now and nothing no algae... I answered the why I'm growing it for food for my farlowella cat... And I'm doing lots of water changes I'm going it is a mini cycle from changing my substrate.... Fyi I have not changed any deco or media just substrate so I should have bb in the tank maybe not enough because of the gravel ..... Hope that changes soon