did my water test. everythings normal other than a huge spike in amonia. did 1/2 change. still up. anything else i could do?? dont want anything happening to my baby o. the other tank i have setup is fine. better filteration on the high tank. im clueless. any suggestions??

Keep doing large water changes, and if you have any prime, add some of that.

Beware, you may get cloudy water if the ammonia doesn't decrease soon.

Cheers,
Art

ive already treated with prime. but ill do another change if its still high tonight when i do the test. thanks

you have to test your tap water too, it may be the source.

i dont use tap water. i use reverse osmosis. treat it and heat it. ive tested it before. its cleaner than the water i drink. spoiled fish hey?? i did a change again last night. seems to be droping.

Koffy wrote:
ohhh! vicious fishes you have there... but why heat? RO water is always ready and safe to use....
watch out for your filter system. allow it to develop slimmy things to effectively colonized with good bacteria.

what is the prime you are talking about? my ammonia is really high too. i did a 20% change yesterday. How often can i change my water without getting the fish to stressed out?

sorry it took so long to answer. been busy.It removes chlorine, chloramine and ammonia from tap water, and detoxifies nitrite and nitrate. It also promotes the production and regeneration of the natural slime coat of fish. something else i use is the ammonia removing pellets for the cartridge filter. as for how often?? depends on the filtration system. i do 25%-50% change every week to two weeks. you dont want to do them too often because you want the water to have the good bacteria. but the fish will get used to it. took a while for my new baby, but just try not to bother them. eventually my bigger o started coming up to my hands to get a rum. hahaha strange fish.

is that start right stuff kinda the same thing? Thats what I used and my ammonia seems to be back to normal.

googled it. haha thats a spelling mistake?? but the only difference i saw was that the start right takes out heavy metals as well. i use reverse osmosis water so prime is good for me.