Interestingly, unless I have a mini-cycle, my ammonia is always zero. I treat my tank with Prime when I do my weekly water changes of 25% with 1 DAF in a 10 gallon. Is this because I have a low bio-load? Should we all be testing every 2 days or at least treating with Prime every 2 days to treat waste ammonia?
thanks,
Suzy
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From: Connie Watson<mailto:clw51@cox.net>
To: Tropical Fish Club<mailto:tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie/ 9-20-12/ and question/Ray
Thanks, Ray!
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From: sevenspringss@wmconnect.com<mailto:sevenspringss@wmconnect.com>
Date: 09/22/12 04:34:03
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com<mailto:tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie/ 9-20-12/ and question/Ray
Suzy and Connie,
Ammonia is already bound together when chloramine is created. As chlorine
won't dissipate in this form it is highly toxic as is also the ammonia.
Prime breaks the bond between them and allows the chlorine to dissipate as a
gas while it converts the ammonia to much less harmful ammonium. It will
continue to convert any new ammonia to ammonium for up to 48 hours, as long
as
the new ammonia does not exceed the amount of Prime used to convert it all.
Ray </HTML>
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