Noviceafter2yea
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I've been having a hard time with my water testing results. For the past few days, my ammonia levels have been dangerously high, the nitrites slightly high, and nitrates weren't yielding a positive result. My fish were showing no signs of distress at all.
For a while I'd been using Aqueon Plus for my ammonia and conditioner. I kept reading how great Prime is, so I decided to switch.
With Prime, my readings got whacky. I had read that this was a possibility with Prime, butand I posted a question here whether Prime could be affecting the readings. The responses indicated Prime can mess with the readings, but maybe not to the extent my tests were yielding.
Over the past week (even before asking questions here), I've done 20-40% water changes every other day, but with no success.
Today I did a 50% change using tap water treated with Amquel Plus instead of Prime. I did not have the new water sit over night and just used it right away, adding some Amquel to the bucket and some directly to the tank.
About 2 hours later, I tested, and my readings went down. My ammonia went from 2 this morning to .5 and my nitrites went from 0-.25 to the range of 0-.15. I know I still need to lower these readings.
Have others had such an extreme difference with their readings with the different products? Should I just stay with the Aqueon even though the consensus is Prime is superior?
Thanks.
For a while I'd been using Aqueon Plus for my ammonia and conditioner. I kept reading how great Prime is, so I decided to switch.
With Prime, my readings got whacky. I had read that this was a possibility with Prime, butand I posted a question here whether Prime could be affecting the readings. The responses indicated Prime can mess with the readings, but maybe not to the extent my tests were yielding.
Over the past week (even before asking questions here), I've done 20-40% water changes every other day, but with no success.
Today I did a 50% change using tap water treated with Amquel Plus instead of Prime. I did not have the new water sit over night and just used it right away, adding some Amquel to the bucket and some directly to the tank.
About 2 hours later, I tested, and my readings went down. My ammonia went from 2 this morning to .5 and my nitrites went from 0-.25 to the range of 0-.15. I know I still need to lower these readings.
Have others had such an extreme difference with their readings with the different products? Should I just stay with the Aqueon even though the consensus is Prime is superior?
Thanks.