FoxRob
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Ok if it is normal for water to test positive for ammonia when using Prime how can you get an accurate measure if your doing daily water changes and adding Prime with each change?
FoxRob said:Ok if it is normal for water to test positive for ammonia when using Prime how can you get an accurate measure if your doing daily water changes and adding Prime with each change?
FoxRob said:I use a Aqueon water changer, no buckets.
FoxRob said:Should I not change my water for a day or so, I've been doing daily PWC to try and get it lower.
FoxRob said:Yes the tank is stocked, 3 blue gourami's, 6 black skirt tetra's, 6 long fin rosey barb's, 2 tin foil barb's(had 6 but lost 4 for unknown reason), 2 spotted cory cats, 1 rainbow shark, 1 bristlenose pleco. The tank has been running for a year and was cycled without fish before the first ones went in which were the skirts and tiger barbs(tigers were moved to another tank due to rosey barbs missing fins). The loss of the tin foil barbs is the reason I'm trying to make sure my water parameters are right. I also have some plants but not too sure what they are since my wife never looks at the names just buys them based on how they look.
FoxRob said:Tank size is 55 gallons, the PH this morning 6.8, ammonia was .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate less then 5ppm temp is 77*. A while ago I made the mistake of changing filter media, not realizing I didn't have to or that I should have only changed one cartridge at a time. Test kit is API master.
We just added the 2 spotted cory's they were the last 2 they had. The tin foil barbs we were told by the people at the LFS would be fine after getting home and reading more about them found out just how big they really get. We are planning to get a 125-150 gal after we move.
FoxRob said:SO if I'm testing any ammonia it is too high still? My tap water tests at 1.0 and my 55 gal is reading .25 with my 29 gal is .50 when I last tested them. I do use the API master kit.
FoxRob said:I've been doing daily PWC changes for the past week, it has been about a month since I changed the filter media. The cory's we only got 2 days ago.
We did get another 29 gallon tank to put our tiger barbs into after we came home to a rosey barb with not fins and the other 5 nipped at they were also nipping away on our bristlenose pleco. We used one of the filter media and water(they were already acclimated to it) from the 55 gallon in it to try and boost it's cycle. If the situation was different it would have been cycled without fish too. We lost 2 tigers from the 8 that were in it, but they were very stressed from the move into another tank it took the others about a week to get all there color back. They have been fine otherwise.
JustinKScott said:Woah. Your tap is 1.0? That sounds like a health risk to your family!! I'd stop worrying about the poor fishies, and worry more about your family's water source.
Are you letting the water run a little first? Drain the water sitting in your pipes/hose.
That being said, for your fishies... I'd give up on prime & tap water. Use the prime money and spend it on culligan water from walmart.