Hi Yechezkel,
I agree with Donna, if your tank is still showing ammonia then either
change a little more water-perhaps 33% &/or step-up your water changes a
little. Dilution of any toxins is the key-personally I hate all those
products that raise or lower your water parameters because they all have a
trade-off despite the manufacturer's claims & they are all very expensive.
The less chemicals we can add to our water then the better it is for the
fish.
As you are adding a conditioner to your water then you don't need to let it
stand for 3 days, only a few hours until it has reached room temperature.
You would only need to let it stand 24 hours to off-gas the chlorine if you
were not adding a conditioner. However-if your water company uses
chloramine instead of chlorine then a conditioner is essential because that
stuff takes weeks to off-gas naturally.
When you age your water do you have a pump running in the tub? If not then
it can be worse than using it immediately because the water can become
stale if it is not moving.
John*<o)))<*
On 3 June 2012 21:42, Donna Ransome <djransome@optonline.net> wrote:
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> You would test the ammonia immediately after the water change to see if you
> changed enough.
>
> If you did not change enough water (still have ammonia) you could
> immediately change more.
>
> Why do you have ammonia? Is the tank not cycled? You should not need a
> product to lower ammonia.
>
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> Subject: [AquaticLife] A very basic aquarium question
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> Hi, I am new to aquariums. I have a 6 gallon tank with a half moon betta
> fish.
>
> So today I checked his water before I did my 25% water change.
>
> Everything was fine except ammonia. It was a bit high.
>
> So I put a Microlift product to lower the ammonia in the aquarium.
>
> Then I vacuumed the gravel and pumped out 25%v of the water.
>
> Then, I added new water. It had been sitting out for three days and I added
> a couple of drops of Prime yesterday and put it in his tank today.
>
> When should I do an ammonia test again?
>
> Did I make a mistake and should only test the water after I put in the
> new water?
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> Thank you
>
> Yechezkel
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