ammonia

[sb]

Can anyone suggest ways to reduce ammonia levels? I currently use "Ammonia
Lock" but it appears to not be working.

TIA

Sb

[Angrie.Woman]

"sb" > wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest ways to reduce ammonia levels? I currently use "Ammonia
> Lock" but it appears to not be working.

Water changes?

A

[bettasngoldfish]

Yes, I agree that water changes are the best way to deal with getting
rid of ammonia.

[Inter]

Since a year ago, I was told to include coral chip in my biofilter
canister.My goldfish's are receiving it very well.
There are one thing i like you to knowwater will be a little
cloudy/chalking.


"bettasngoldfish" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Yes, I agree that water changes are the best way to deal with getting
> rid of ammonia.
>

[Benign Vanilla]

"sb" > wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest ways to reduce ammonia levels? I currently use "Ammonia
> Lock" but it appears to not be working.

You can and should deal with ammonia with three primary methods

1. Proper filtration
2. Ammo-lock products
3. Water changes

Keep in mind that water changes can also up your ammonia numbers if your
township uses chloramines for water treatment.


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[Gfishery]

"bettasngoldfish" > wrote in message oups.com...
> Yes, I agree that water changes are the best way to deal with getting
> rid of ammonia.

If the tap water contains chloramine, and you use certain kinds of tap water conditioners,
you will get rid of the chlorine but you could end up with some ammonia as the chloramine is broken down.

So additional water changes may introduce new ammonia into the water? True?

[Gfishery]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message ...
>
> You can and should deal with ammonia with three primary methods
>
> 1. Proper filtration
> 2. Ammo-lock products
> 3. Water changes

Certain ammo-lock type products inhibit the ability of certain ammonia monitors to report ammonia levels correctly.
Anyone know what a Nessler Reagent type ammonia monitor is?
Is my Seachem Ammonia Alert device one of those?

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Gfishery wrote:
>
> "bettasngoldfish" > wrote in message oups.com...
> > Yes, I agree that water changes are the best way to deal with getting
> > rid of ammonia.
>
> If the tap water contains chloramine, and you use certain kinds of tap water conditioners,
> you will get rid of the chlorine but you could end up with some ammonia as the chloramine is broken down.
>
> So additional water changes may introduce new ammonia into the water? True?

This is true, but if you've got overfiltering and a mature biofilter then the
conversion
would most likely be instantaneous.

[Benign Vanilla]

"Gfishery" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> >
> > You can and should deal with ammonia with three primary methods
> >
> > 1. Proper filtration
> > 2. Ammo-lock products
> > 3. Water changes
>
> Certain ammo-lock type products inhibit the ability of certain ammonia
monitors to report ammonia levels correctly.
> Anyone know what a Nessler Reagent type ammonia monitor is?
> Is my Seachem Ammonia Alert device one of those?
>

That's true. I forgot about that. I believe the water changes combined with
the lockers helps to purge this excess. And as someone else mentioned, a
mature filter will handle the offset in the mean time.


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