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Ammonia Problem In My Oscar Cichlid Aquarium?

Aquaboy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:29:31 +0000

i have a 50 gallon tank that is about 1.5 years old, and i haven’t added any fish in about a year. in this tank: 1 oscar (~6 inches), 4 clown loaches (3-4 in. each), and one plecostomus (5 in.). about two weeks ago, i had an ammonia spike and the oscar started to manifest [...]

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Should I Move My Fish Because Of High Ammonia?

Aquaboy — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:32:29 +0000

My tank was in the process of cycling when all the sudden the power went out for 4 days. It is a 20g tank. I woke up to find my balloon belly molly upside down but still alive. I cleaned up my old 10g which is already cycled. Now he is fine. I still have [...]

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Why Hasnt My Ammonia And Nitrate Levels Gone Down In My 55 Gallon Tank Running For 2 Years?

Aquaboy — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:31:36 +0000

ts been 4 days since I had high ammonia and nitrate levels in my tank. The gravel is what I cleaned out the first two days when I changed the water day 1 and 2 – I changed 20% of the water. Swished and banged the filter pad in a bucket of the tank water. [...]

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False Positive On My Ammonia?

Aquaboy — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:33:07 +0000

i never properly cycled my tank and the ammonia rose, i started doing partial water changes and added ammo lock, was adding water conditioner as well and now when i test for ammonia it turns almost blue, however the fish are not in any type of distress, i feed every 2 days, clean the gravel(siphon [...]

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Does My Goldfish Have Ammonia Burns?

Aquaboy — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:33:10 +0000

I have recently come back from a 10 day holiday to find 1 of my 4 goldfish has a red blister like growth that is worsening every day. It appeared as a small pink spot with a white fluffy cover on the bottom of my fish’s right gill, then over night worsened to a blood [...]

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What Helps Kill Ammonia?

Aquaboy — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:30:10 +0000

I want to add live rock to my aquarium But I’m afraid the ammonia of the nitrogen cycle will harm my clownfish is there any water conditioners to help reduce it? P.S. I’m going to buy an an actinic tube for the lighting do you think that’s a good idea compared to all the others [...]

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Ammonia In My Aquarium?

Aquaboy — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:28:09 +0000

No matter how many water changes i do, the ammonia levels in the tropical aquarium is always really high. Anyone have any ideas what else i can to help lower the ammonia levels in my tank. I’ll be gutted if all my fish die. I have a really good back and under gravel filter and [...]

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Distinguishing Between Ammonia And Ammonium?

Aquaboy — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:33:06 +0000

I have a 380l medium-planted aquarium containing 8 red-belly piranha, all of which are around 3″ in size, with an established Fluval Fx5 filter (1500l capacity) full of biological filter media. Last week my ammonia test (the API one with the two reagents) registered that there was apparently around 6ppm ammonia in the aquarium, despite [...]

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Saltwater Tank Ammonia High?

Aquaboy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:33:19 +0000

I have a 10 gallon sick tank and there is fish in there that were being treated but the days are up, and the ammonia keeps going up and we already did a 25% water change and the ammonia did not get affected by it so it is still high what can i do to [...]

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Can I Add Ammonia Neutralizer To A Tank With Goldfish In It?

Aquaboy — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:30:11 +0000

So I bought 3 goldfish, [1 gold and 2 "comets" (gold and white)]. After one of the comets died I noticed the scales falling off, and black spots appearing on the remaining 2 fish. They started lying on the ground, gasping, and cloudy water appeared. After cleaning the entire tank thoroughly today, I finally decided [...]

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