How to lower ammonia?

[sweat044]

How do I lower ammonia? Any products? Please help.

 

[Off The Deep End]

How old is your tank?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

How old is the tank. Any fish... Need more info. Live rock, how much? Size of tank?

At any rate... Dilution, water change

 

[Off The Deep End]

I wouldnt do water changes durring the cycle. It will just make your cycle take longer.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

I wouldnt do water changes durring the cycle. It will just make your cycle take longer.

+1

 

[Wicked Color]

Some sand from an already cycled sand bed, or well established live rock, also bio-balls from a well seeded sump.

 

[sweat044]

It's a year old sand, live rock, fish corals. 46 gallon

 

[Wicked Color]

more bacteria = more nitrogen cycle processing= lower ammonia
what is your nitrate? do you have any algae growth?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Did you move the sand bed from another tank. That can stir up a cycle quick. I speak from experience. If so water change!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Prime can help detoxify the ammonia

 

[sweat044]

Nitrate between 5 and 10.

 

[sweat044]

A little algae not an outbreak though.

 

[Wicked Color]

cycle is complete, I would say there has been some kind of death recently in the system, or you feed a LOT, do a small water change every day for a few and cut back on feeding if you do a lot of it.

 

[that0neguy1126]

Is the tank new? You said a year old sand, wasn't sure if that was a year old tank, or just the sand you moved into a new tank.

How many fish?

Did you do anything new? Add fish, add rock? move rock around? Kick up sand?

If the tank isn't new, I would do a couple big water changes. If the tank is new, wait till the NH3 is gone, and then start doing water changes until nitrites is 0, and nitrates are low.

There are a lot of chemicals like Prime that can de toxify NH3.

 

[garyanddebbie]

How high is the amonia? You say you have coral and fish. Have you lost anything yet?