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On 2006-05-08, Altum wrote:
Frederick B. Henry Jr. wrote:

Should I just be patient or what? Why am I not seeing the ammonia drop
if there is nitrite *and* nitrate present?

What water conditioner and ammonia test are you using? Ammonia bound by
AmQuel, Prime, Ammo-Lock, and similar chloramine treatments registers on
many test kits as free ammonia.


I use Tetra AquaSafe as a water conditioner. I have the Aquarium
Pharmaceuticals test kit that has pH, High pH, Ammonia, nitrite, and
nitrate tests (4 test tubes). I also have some dip stick tests (forget
the brand, but the dip stick also does GH and KH). The ammonia has
never gone over 2 ppm. The nitrite is only just shading over 0.25 ppm.
Nitrate is always at 5 ppm. When the ammonia approches 2 ppm I do a
water change. Feed sparingly, as I said. I am at a loss...

Fred

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