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This my tap water reading. So crazy!
Is that really your tap water?
If yes, then disregard what I said about doing a 75% water change any day you have an ammonia or nitrite reading above 0.25ppm. DO NOT do big water changes if you have high levels of ammonia in the tap water, especially with a high pH.
If the tap water has 0 ammonia and a relatively normal pH, then you can do big water changes but don't do any for a couple of weeks until the water company makes the water safe.
You need to contact your water company and let them know there is huge amounts of ammonia in the tap water. They need to reduce the amount they are adding. You could also write to the press and let them know the water company is poisoning its customers with ammonia. And maybe write to the government and tell them the water company has screwed up and is poisoning people.
Some water companies add chloramine to drinking water to kill things in it. Chloramine is a mixture of chlorine and ammonia. If they mess up the ratios you get lots of ammonia in the water and ammonia is poisonous to all life forms, not just fish. It kills people, birds, reptiles and animals. There should be no free ammonia in the drinking water. The water company needs to fix this.
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I currently have these items on hand. Which would be best?
Baking Soda
API PH UP
Seachem Neutral Regulator
With all that I've read about "don't chase your PH", this makes me anxious
If the baking soda contains sodium bicarbonate and nothing else, you can add a small amount of that to a bucket of aquarium water. Let the bicarb dissolve and then add some of that water to the aquarium. Let it mix for 30-60 minutes and then test the pH. You only want to raise the pH a little bit at a time (6.0 to 6.2) and then wait a day or two before raising it a bit more.
The other way you can raise the pH, which is slower but safer, is to add some shells, dead coral or limestone rock. You add a small amount to the aquarium, then wait a week or two and see how the pH goes. If it's still too low, you add a bit more and wait another week. Continue adding small amounts each week until the pH gets to a better level. Once the pH is at a level you want, you stop adding shells, dead coral or limestone and they will hold the pH at that level.
!! Even while pushing thru most of the pain it still takes FOREVER to do the smallest task. I'll be lucky to finish up today. 
