Need help !

[buster]

just changed to a bigger tank. ammonia level has gone sky high nealy 8.0 ppm ! ! tried water changes nuffin seems to work! fish are ok but this cnt be good forn them! HELP

 

[homebunnyj]

Posting twice really wasn't necessary.

There's no shortcut really. You have to do very frequent water changes to get it down.

Are you sure your test kit is accurate? The reading seems awfully high. Check the instructions and make sure you're following them to the letter.

 

[Monoxide]

Also what kind of testing are you using? And what brand? And how old are your testing things?

 

[kezdoc09]

how bigs the tank and how quickly and how many fish did you add?? The problem with new tanks is there is no bacteria to break down the ammonia so it will go sky high, some fish might make it but if u can u are best off gettin them out of there untill the cycle completes. This is why most people do fishless cycles now because its just too harsh on the poor fish!
Also with fish in or out just do as many water changes as poss, once a day if necessary, if you take the fish out u need to aim for the ammonia to be about 4 or 5 ppm.
hope this helped.
kez

 

[MadridKid]

Are you using test strips?