Jdo123 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I have had ammonia in my tank around .25 and .5 pp for like four months. It all started because I bought new fish and over fed my tank on the same day 😑 I got the ammonia to hover at .25-.5, but I have no idea what to do after daily water changes (like %25) and adding ammonia pads. I’ve switched to biweekly water changes because I think I’d be disrupting the new water cycle if I didn’t, it could cause a new ammonia spike? Can anyone tell me how to get out of ammonia purgatory?  My tank is 55 gallons with three large goldfish and a Loche. It’s planted with 12 medium sized plants. I currently have two over hang filters and two air filters going 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegee79 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 How and how often are you cleaning the filters? The one I can see in the picture there looks very clean for a goldfish tank. You also could see if your LFS will do a water test for you...perhaps you are getting false readings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 I clean the sponges and swap out the ammonia pads bimonthly. Cartridges monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) Have you tested your tap water for ammonia Edited February 5, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Jdo123 said: I clean the sponges and swap out the ammonia pads bimonthly. Cartridges monthly. how do you clean the sponges? Under a tap or in a bucket of dirty fish water/ dechlorinated water? Yes, any amonia in a tank is bad for the fish. But.. if your fish seem happy it should be fine. The amonia is not even at 1ppm.   Edited February 5, 2021 by James Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 I wash them in dechlorinated water. They seem happy, but I hate using the  water conditioner every other day and I want a new fish 😩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyIce Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021  I would fast the fish for a day or 2, maybe more, and then slowly work back up to the amount of food you are currently feeding daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 3 hours ago, team fishes and shrimps said: maybe not enough surface area What does this mean?  I’ll stop feeding them for two days and see what that does.. they just pick my plants to death when I do that.  thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Did you cycle your tank? What are your nitrates and nitrites at? Is there amonia in your tap water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 27 minutes ago, James Black said:  Did you cycle your tank? What are your nitrates and nitrites at? Is there amonia in your tap water?  Cycle the tank? I have been doing bimonthly water changes for a month now. Is that cycling?  tap water- no ammonia NO2: 0ppm NO3: 10ppm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I would do 25% weekly water changes bimonthly water changes is probably the reason your haveing ammonia problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 I did just put the sponges in, maybe they will get established soon? And do water changes effect the nitrogen cycle? I feel like I disrupted it, at one point I didn’t have an ammonia problem and everything was fine 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I would do no more than 50% water change an a time doing more then 50% can effect your benefial bacterial 25% will have no effect on your nitrogen cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdo123 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Colu said:  I would do no more than 50% water change an a time doing more then 50% can effect your benefial bacterial 25% will have no effect on your nitrogen cycle  And I will do the weekly changes lol  thank you everyone.. I’ll see if this works out 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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