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plase help i dont know what to do!!!
plase help i dont know what to do!!!
i just set up a 55gal for my blue texas. set it up and let it run, tested the water and it was fine. ok thenput him in and almos immediaely it started getting cloudy , tested it again and ammonia is of th charts. dd a water change and nothing changed....i used the tank buddies ammonia tabs for a instant fix and another wate change anf its sill really high.....my question is does sress zyme with the bactiria or tank buddies ammo clear give off a false positive i know some chemicals do...please any help to ease my mind would be greatly appriciated.....thank you !!!
posted by: Amanda Sherman

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Apr 2nd, 2008
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Shawn Williams » posted 2008/04/02 - 13:46  
The ammo-lock products don't remove ammonia, they just make it safe for fish at a molecular level. When you set this tank up, did you use filter media from another tank? If not, this fish shouldn't be in this tank until it has run its cycle. You said you "let it run," but if you were attempting to cycle it without any fish in it or without adding ammonia to build a biological filter then running the tank was a moot point.
Roger Hopper » posted 2008/04/02 - 16:54
Amanda, Shawn, is right the waste is what cycles the water. They make some products that will help cycle the water. Any bacterial filter media from another running aquarium with fish will help.
Gallery Moderator » posted 2008/04/02 - 17:02  
PLEASE post on ONE pic only!! The other pic has more posts. I will leave this but DON NOT POST ON IT.. Thanks..

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