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Posted on: 22/5/2012 14:59 |
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Milli here again!
Bought testing kits for water conditions. Did ammonia - levels .25; nitrite .5; nitrate 40;PH 6.5; KH 0; GH 180. This was this morning so did a 50% water change. Bioactive Tapsafe added. Retested and ammonia levels have gone up to .5? Not sure why? Nitrite down to 0, nitrate still 40 - all others the same. Why would the ammonia levels go up? Think the Tapsafe solution is quite old - could this effect anything? Sorry so inept at this. Not deliberately being slow either - have a baby to look after and 6 parrots. |
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Posted on: 22/5/2012 15:11 |
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Hi Milli!
I think you should test your tap water, maybe your tap water has some ammonia and nitrate in it? Retest the tank after 12 hours and see if there's any change |
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Posted on: 22/5/2012 15:22 |
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Tested tapwater (baby aleep, lol) - showing up ammonia in the tapwater - levels between .25 and 0.5. What do I do now? Didn't realise tapwater could have ammonia in?
 Can I get anything from Pet at Home to treat the water for the new tank straight away? |
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Posted on: 22/5/2012 15:46 |
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Don't worry about it. Tap water can have actual ammonia, or ammonium in it, but at such a low level that once the tank is cycled it will be dealt with by your filter very quickly. For cycling, it will just make up part of the ammonia dose.
After you've cycled and stocked you might want to change your dechlorinator to Seachem Prime when you run out of the one you have now. Prime detoxifies ammonia so will stop it being a problem. It's also more economical than most others as it only needs very small doses and it's known not to interfere with medications if you ever need them, which some others do. |
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Posted on: 22/5/2012 19:04 |
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Hi Millie
Is this the new 200 litre tank (are you cycling?) or the existing small tank or the recommended staples box with the fish in situ? Apologies, a little bit confused, but it doesn't take much  lolIf the fish are in whether existing small tank/storage box, then partial water changes will bring that nitrite down If the new tank has arrived, you do not need to cycle it but can undertake an 'immediate cycle' using the filter media from the existing tank. The fish (and water quality) will fare better in a big tank straight away due to dilution. |
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Posted on: 23/5/2012 8:53 |
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Sorry for confusion Violet - these are the test results from the old tank. All this is redundant now - please see new thread!
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