My Ammonia

[Flowerkid]

Ok well my tank is finally cycled and I still have ammonia traces. .25 ppm I did a 20% water change and have been using ro di water for top offs. Could my tests be wrong? Should i get some snails and hermits anyway?
Thanks

 

[Rush07]

How long have you been cycling with the live rock? It took my tank about 6 weeks to where I had no ammonia or nitrites. If you are still showing some ammonia, you may not be fully cycled yet.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

you are contradicting yourself when you say your tank is cycled, but you still have ammonia. just be patient, and wait it out.

 

[Lotus]

What test kit are you using? I seem to remember you've been having this problem for a while, but I may be confused. Have you tested the water before you add it to the tank? Did you see a nitrite or ammonia spike earlier in the cycle?

You shouldn't put anything in the tank unless ammonia is at zero.

 

[TRe]

i belive the ammonia was comin from his tap water ...how long has it been since u switched to r/o?????

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

if there was ammonia in the tap, hed be sick, and thered be people sueing the water company...

 

[TRe]

if there was ammonia in the tap, hed be sick, and thered be people sueing the water company...

just going off what was said in the other thread

 

[Flowerkid]

maybe my test is wrong because there is only .25 ppm so i dont think that would effect humans.

 

[dbacksrat]

Go take your water to an LFS for testing. Any LFS would work (Petco, Petsmart, etc).
Hermits will be fine in there too.

 

[joeyjoeq]

if there was ammonia in the tap, hed be sick, and thered be people sueing the water company...

Not true, people will get used to the water they are by. I always get sick drinking the water in other cities and countries, while the people there are safe and sound.

 

[TRe]

I always get sick drinking the water in other cities and countries, while the people there are safe and sound.

i went to colombia a few years back and every one told me not to drink the water and without even thinkin about it i drank some koolaid *crazysmil after that i dont think i ate 1 thing the rest of the week i was there

 

[joeyjoeq]

i went to colombia a few years back and every one told me not to drink the water and without even thinkin about it i drank some koolaid *crazysmil after that i dont think i ate 1 thing the rest of the week i was there

Haha same here ... Never been to Columbia how is it?