How to reduce ammonia from my aquarium?

Question

My wife recently gifted me a fish tank , and my fishes are dying one by one , had been to a few aquarium shops , they told that the ammonia levels are too high . Is there any way to reduce this ammonia levels medically.

thnx

Answer 1

In an established tank, ammonia should be undetectable using standard test kits available at stores. The presence of detectable levels indicates that your bio filter is not working adequately, either because your tank has not yet cycled, or the filter is not functioning adequately.

The exact concentration at which ammonia becomes toxic to fish varies among species; some are more tolerant than others. In addition, other factors like water temperature and chemistry play a significant role.

Should ammonia levels become high during the cycling process, corrective measures will need to be taken to prevent fish deaths. Most likely, you will simply perform a sequence of partial water changes, thereby diluting ammonia to safer concentrations.

As a final caution, several commercial products (e.g., ``Amquel'' or ``Ammo-Lock'') safely neutralize ammonia's toxicity. Amquel does not remove the ammonia, it simply neutralizes its toxicity. Biological filtration is still needed to convert the (neutralized) ammonia to nitrite and nitrate. Thus, adding Amquel causes the ammonia produced by the fish to be neutralized instantly, yet still allows the nitrogen cycle to proceed.

It is also possible to cycle a tank without ever adding fish. The role fish provide in the cycling process is simply their steady production of ammonia; the same effect can be achieved by adding chemical forms of ammonia manually (e.g., ammonium chloride). However, it is a bit more complicated than using fish because the water chemistry needs to be monitored more closely in order to add the proper amount of ammonia on a day-to-day basis.

Nemo

Answer 2

I had this same problem when i first set up my aquarium after losing at least 15 guppies I went to the pet store to have my water tested and the tank had ammonia in it they told me to change about 1/4 of the water each day for about a week and put some AQUA Safe in the water ,it makes tap water safe for fish,then run the aquarium for 48 hrs. then bring another water sample andthe water was perfect and now I have about 3 adult guppies and 13 babies in a 5 gallon tank and they are fine about once a month one will get old and die but thats natural.

Answer 3

Sucessive high volume water changes are the best way. Change 50% of the water any time ammonia reaches 1.0. And or anytime nitrites are 1.0. Your tank is cycling. Get a good aquarium guide there's just too much you need to know at this point.

Answer 4

Your tank is still going through it's cycle, this is why you have an ammonia problem. How big is your tank? Is it overcrowded? 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water is a good rule to go by. What you need to do is vacuum 25% of your water out weekly, this will remove a lot of watse and uneaten food, which causes ammonia and nitrites! Be sure to use water conditioner with every water change you do!

Answer 5

In a very cycled tank, useful micro organism strategies all ammonia. a longtime tank could have undetectable ranges of ammonia in any respect circumstances. until your micro organism colony is adequately equipped up (that could take some weeks), the least confusing thank you to shrink ammonia is by in many circumstances water variations (approximately 25% each and every couple of days until ammonia ranges grow to be undetectable). until then decrease down on feeding to boot (as quickly as the different day to diminish down on ammonia production...you are able to return on your widely used feeding time table as quickly as your ammonia issue is resolved). Ammonia removing products additionally artwork, yet why purchase something that micro organism does for unfastened?

Answer 6

I agree with Jon V. we need more info. You mentioned that the tank is recent, this tells me that your good bacteria has not set in yet and this may be the problem. If this is the case you will most likely have more deaths until the bacteria is established. Did the pet store test for the ammomia or did they guess based on what you told them.

Answer 7

change about 1/4 of the water every couple of days for a week and check again. keep doing this until your ammonia goes down. you should do this on a weekly basis anyway.

Answer 8

You can get medication to do that, but you really just need to do water changes. If you recently started this tank up then it's just going through it's cycles. Do water changes until the chemicals are stable then you can add fish.

Answer 9

Yes and no. I will tell you right now there are chemicals out there that can neutralize the toxicity of ammonia in your water, but DO NOT USE THIS!!!

You need to be patient. We also need some more information. Tank size, population, date of set up, filtration present, substrate, and ph reading please. If you could post that information, we could definetly give you good guidence.

JV

ADDITION: TO the Einstein that is thumbing people down in here, there haven't been too many off the wall answers here and most of them are on the right track, if you simply disagree then get off your tuff and post the right answer for all us dumb people.

Answer 10

Ditto to Jon and all the others that said water changes and no chemicals! 100% the best way to go.

MM