my ammonnia levels gone up 0.50ppm i have fish in the big tank ihave ammonia its self and i have ammonia remover so wat way should i go plz

i have ammonia remover but dont understand the measures it says add 25 ml of ammonia remover for every 113 litres /25 galls to a pint of water and spread evenely over tank its a 200 litre tank so how much do i put in

Hi

If this is the same ammonia remover you mentioned before don't use it. The tank is still cycling and until enough bacteria grow to deal with the output from the fish you will see ammonia and/or nitrite spikes. Using the remover will just delay the completion of the cycle so it's best at this point to continue as before by doing water changes to keep the level of toxins low while the cycle completes

thanks will do iam annoyed that yesterday i put nutrafin cycle in 24 hrs be fore fish and the readings was good know today came home and ammonia up how much water change shall i do and shall i feed them on the gold fish mini sticks i fed them yesterday only not today

Hi pad

Did you put all the media in from the Biorb as recommended? (sponge squidged into new filter, biorb media in pop socks dangling in tank?) If so it would be unusual to see such a spike given the increased volume in water they now have.

Nutrafin cycle won't really assist I'm afraid. You just need to keep doing water changes (possibly daily) to keep this low.

iam so sorry i thought using the nutrafin cycle that that would sort readings out did for 24 hrs it just seems to be anmonnia levels nirite is 0 iam sorry i didnt follow your advice as i know it was good advice just wanted them into big tank asap as i thought anymore in biorb that they would die so dont be offended that i didnt listen to u because i did but did not put it into the real thing soz

Oh dear

Following those instructions I posted would have meant a more or less 'instant cycle' and far safer water within a day or two of settling.

Unfortunately, you are now doing another fish-in cycle from scratch

This usually takes more than the 4-6 week fish-less cycle, given you have to keep ammonia much lower.

No need to apologise. Only you that will need to get uber friendly with the buckets - you will be looking at a 50 litre water change minimum now, probably every day for this duration. Hindsight, eh??

give me a slap silly person iam sick of the site of the bucket but thanks any way

FK members here can only give advice given their years of experience and knowledge. Unlike aquarium shops, FK has nothing to gain (no-one gets paid) other than healthy happy fish with hopefully unstressed keepers There is no compulsion for any OP to follow guidance here, but it is sometimes odd that advice is sought than ignored

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Think at least 5 of those each day going forward - I'm sorry, but a steep learning curve I know when you are new to fish-keeping. Fins crossed for them all.

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