how do you lower the anmonia in aquariums I changed water already?

Answer 1

depending on how high the ammonia is you might have to do small water changes daily or every other day to bring the ammonia down. Depending on your ph level will mean how toxic the ammonia is, the lower the ph the less toxic the ammonia will be. You dont want to over clean the aquarium and disturb the benefical bacteria that resides in your gravel, so i wouldnt gravel syphon the gravel, but just pull out water around 20-25 %. Adjust feeding if you thing excess food has been the culprit, and also as the ammonia level is high the fish may not eat as much. If you do use over the counter ammonia detox just remmemeber that it is a temporary fix for the problem, and you will still end up doing water changes.

Answer 2

There is a natural bacteria that will grow in the water that will take care of the ammonia. If this is a new tank or a drastically cleaned tank then the bacteria won't be able to handle the ammount of ammonia the fish and their waste create.

Continue doing 10-20% water changes at least 2 times a week.
You can add products like "Cycle" to help with establishing the bacteria.

Give it time ... the natural environment will correct itself. Monitor the water quality ... even have it checked by pet store (maybe your chemicals are not doing the right thing)

Answer 3

Do a 20% water change daily. Add a dose of Prime or Ammo-Lock (which will turn your ammonia into a form that's not harmful to your fish, but your nitrifying bacteria will still be able to use) daily.

If you have it at a store near you, look into getting BioSpira. It will create basically an instant cycle by adding all the nitrifying bacteria you will need (and it actually does work, unlike StressZyme and Cycle, among others). Unfortunately, PetSmart and PetCo do not carry it. (Heck, the only place I know of that carries it around where I live is 40 miles away).

Don't worry about adding carbon to your tank; it doesn't nothing for the nitrifying bacteria (it only cleans odors and removes certain medications). Do not change your filter as this is one of the most important places for your bacteria to grow during the cycling process.

Remember, though, you don't want to remove the ammonia completely, otherwise you will not complete the cycle (ths always having problems with high ammonia). You want something to convert the ammonia into a non-toxic form for the fish to live in.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Get bio-spira, your tank may still be cycling. Bio-spira is the only prouct that will work, any others are usually just a waste of money. They use the same bacteria for salt and fresh water for startes.

Change more water. Do 10-30% changes many times daily until ammonia is at 0. Any reading of ammonia will severly harm fish.

Also, try gettin amquel, this product will change ammonia into a less harmful form for the bacteria in your tank to use, while the fish are ok. Also, zeolite may work to absorb ammonia, just dont use it permanantly

Answer 5

If the tank is a new set up-you need to get that bacteria bed working and that will take care of the ammonia. If you are changing water-take it from the bottom of the tank as ammonia is heavy and sinks to the bottom area. Use meds to help like the other two mentioned HOWEVER if you dont take the charcoal out of you filter while you medicate it, thit will be a waste of your money as the charcoal "eats" up meds

Answer 6

Try feeding your fish less. Only once a day, as much as they can eat in five minutes, should be plenty. Frequent water changes also help a lot.
There are products that can boost beneficial bacteria (such as Cycle), which will cut down on ammonia in the long run.
For the short term there is Nitrosorb (or Ammo-chips), which chemically binds ammonia.

Answer 7

Change 20% of the water per week or twice weekly. Use Amquel as the dechlorinator...kills amonia. Works well in my tanks and Koi Pond. Limit feeding to once a day and no more than the fish will eat in 5 minutes or less...they will not starve. good luck.

Answer 8

it is a cycle and if your aquarium is a salt one, which it sounds like it takes months before you should add fish. It needs to stabilize out. It changes to anmonia then it will balance out.

Answer 9

Let your water sit for about three days. During these three days use a pruduct called CYCLE! It works wonders. I have a 29 gallon and the same thing has happened to me. I would suggest buying a water test kit so you can monitor the spikes in your water. Make sure you have a fresh carbon filter and for the first dosage, double your cycle...its impossible to overdose!! Hope you give it a try! It WILL work!

Answer 10

Your nitrifying micro organism do no longer stay interior the water. those are the solid micro organism that keep your tank cycled. those micro organism stay interior the clear out media, and to a small quantity interior the substrate. the only exception to that's in case you're working an undergravel clear out, you need to have a huge element of the nitrifying micro organism interior the gravel if so, via fact the gravel doubles as clear out media. micro organism that reason ailment do stay interior the water, and could have a annoying time residing in a cycled tank's clear out via organic and organic exclusion. This additionally applies to the surfaces of decorations, and the in the tank itself. Ever be conscious the slimy experience to issues in a mature tank? that's the bacterial action picture, reliable nitrifying micro organism, that do create organic and organic exclusion. This rather skinny action picture is accelerated many hundreds of circumstances over on your clear out media. This action picture is an illustration of a mature tank, as unfavourable to a minimum of one that is cycled and not yet mature. changing one hundred% of the water could be annoying, because it may leave your fish severe & dry. as long via fact the parameters of the alternative water are a similar or almost so as that of the tank that's secure to alter as much as you like. i alter ninety% on a regular basis on angel fry tanks for the 1st week, another day the 2nd week. Fry are greater fragle than grownup fish, if super water adjustments have been undesirable i would not have hundreds of angels in countless states of becoming out residing basically nice down interior the fishroom. Adults get everywhere from 50% to 80% weekly, reckoning on in the event that they're getting used for breeding, pairs that are being rested, or ability breeders becoming out.