SilverDragon
Aquarium Advice Regular
Ok, I finally found an ammonia test kit (Ive never been able to find one anywhere).
Ive tested the water in my 5.5 gal. the day after I did a large water change and gravel siphon.... it read somewhere between 0 and 0.25.. it was hard to match the colour on the chart, but its more than just 0 Im sure.
I decided to put an aerator in the tank because I read that it may help with the ammonia levels.
If my ammonia is at that level the DAY AFTER I clean the tank, I wonder if it gets really bad by the end of the week. I do a 50 -75% water change every week.
I know everyone in this forum says not to use chemicals in the tank, but should I use an ammonia reducer? or is there something else I can do? why would the level be so bad?
Maybe this explains why Ive had unexplained "wasting away" deaths of two gouramis and a black molly.
Ive tested the water in my 5.5 gal. the day after I did a large water change and gravel siphon.... it read somewhere between 0 and 0.25.. it was hard to match the colour on the chart, but its more than just 0 Im sure.
I decided to put an aerator in the tank because I read that it may help with the ammonia levels.
If my ammonia is at that level the DAY AFTER I clean the tank, I wonder if it gets really bad by the end of the week. I do a 50 -75% water change every week.
I know everyone in this forum says not to use chemicals in the tank, but should I use an ammonia reducer? or is there something else I can do? why would the level be so bad?
Maybe this explains why Ive had unexplained "wasting away" deaths of two gouramis and a black molly.