Filling With Hose Pipe And Treating With Prime

[Spurry]

@Phocoena thanks I did read the page and will read it again, I did say I did not understand the two types of test kits as my nutrafin ones rum out I've been replacing them with api ones...


@fistprotector I will test it again tomorrow cheers

 

[snazy]

The ammonia reading is probably because you have increased content of chloramines in the water. Prime will break them down to chlorine and ammonia and it should also make the ammonia non-toxic to the fish until the filter has processed it. The test though should still show an ammonia reading if that's the case. Maybe your water at the new place has chloramines unlike the old tap water??

 

[Akasha72]

Spurry, is your PH still low? I read somewhere on here that when the PH is low and there's a reading for ammonia the test is actually reading ammonium which isn't harmful to the fish. When my bog wood dropped my ph I had low readings of ammonia too but the fish wern't behaving as if they were being poisoned (layed on gravel gasping or at top of water gasping etc). Once my ph started to come back up the readings for ammonia disappeared.

I'm just wondering if your experiencing the same thing. If it was me I'd be reading the fishes behaviour. You can tell when they're not happy and would be letting you know in their own subtle ways if they were getting ammonia poisoning.

Hope it reads better in the morning anyway

 

[m_attt]

i havent used de-chlorinator in a long time, even washed filter sponges and buckets under the tap and never had a problem with ammonia after. fish have always been healthey, never had disease or random deaths. Most are at least 3 years old now.

 

[snazy]

Do you have chloramines in your water M_att?
The guy I got my second tank from was closing down his fish shop and he also said he never used a dechlorinator but then again the tap water here is only treated with chlorine.

 

[m_attt]

I couldnt tell you, ill have a look on the water report tomorrow. ive always rinsed the filter under the tap, and one day when changing the water in the evening realised i had no declorinator left, had no bad effects, even with shrimp so never bother from then on.

 

[Xraymark]

Snazy has probably hit the nail on the head.

If you tested your water soon after the large water change its unlikely to be an ammonium/ammonia reading from your fish waste.

 

[Spurry]

Spurry, is your PH still low?

Hope it reads better in the morning anyway

I tested my ph last night after the water change and it had gone up to 6.5ppm I've looked on Yorkshire water web site and it looks like my water can be a mix from a few reservoir

Cheers

 

[Spurry]

Hi, I've just tested my water and it's looking clear you can tel though that I've added chemicals to it as it looks thicker than water if you understand what I mean, but there's no yellow tint to it, I'm going to try do it in the day light as its hard to tell properly in the dim light......


For the future when I water change this way should I put the prime in before I fill with hose pipe or after I fill Or both

And how much I have juwel rio 180 I normally at 6ml
Label say 5ml per 200lts and it says it's safe to double dose

Cheers

 

[FishFanatic04]

I treat for my whole tank and I just dump it in before. I bet it doesn't matter much as long as you don't wait too long.

 

[Spurry]

Today ammonia reading clear

 

[Spurry]

Well just got home and done a full water test with what I have

PH 6
Ammonia still 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 0.5

Thanks to every one who help answer my questions