0.5ppm ammonia isnt going to be harmful.
Yes you can buy ammonia absorbing chemical media, but i wouldnt recommend doing that. You need some ammonia in the tank to feed the bacteria you are trying to grow. If you use something that absorbs all the ammonia your tank wont cycle.
Ok, I will not use ammonia blocker.
A water conditioner like seachem prime will treat the chlorine part of the chloramine while also detoxifying the ammonia for a day or 2. Its a good water conditioner to use while cycling your tank, and also a good conditioner to use if you have chloramine treated tap water. But, water changes are the only sure fire way to remove ammonia in an uncycled tank.
I will use seachem prime. I just ordered from Amazon.
Even if your tap water does contain 0.5ppm ammonia its still lower than your tank water, and will certainly help bring nitrite down. Water changes are your friend here, not products, but i would switch to prime as your water conditioner if thats not what you already use. If you like API products, API Aqua Essential is another water conditioner that detoxifies ammonia same as prime.
I will use Prime. And do a lot of wc.
Retest tomorrow and do more water changes if your water quality gets above that 0.5ppm combined target. Do this daily until you are no longer detecting ammonia in your daily water tests.
sure will do,
As said previously you can seed the uncycled filters using media or sponges from your cycled filter. You would probably be done in a week or 2 doing that.