I was planning on getting a pleco... Or small catfish are there any that are very good at picking up alot of the scrap food on the bottom? Thanks for bein so helpful everyone
Are there any fish that will lower or help lower ammonia levels?
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Aquatic plants would give you more work than less, at least for a while...What you can do is buy some terrestrial plants such as pothos or lucky bambos and only stick their roots(no soil of course) in the water. never put the entire plant in the water...that may work.
as for plecos and catfish. Get them if you enjoy them; but they will also be adding to the bioload. If you find excess food, probably just cut back on the feedings, your fish won't starve.
Man, Im sorry to hear that..I broke my leg a few years ago & it was really hard to do wc's. I dont suggest plecos, somehow mine seem to poo more than they eat!
Just wondering why you are having ammo build up, is your tank cycled? I can understand nitrates going up but your ammo should be converted if the tank is established? Stability or one of those bb in a bottles will work as it should convert ammonia to nitrite to nitrate, which should affect the fish less. Or you could use higher amounts of prime but that is just a cover up to bond to the ammonia i think...
plants are really the only thing that can help,
plants are really the only thing that can help,
Get a python man. It'll make your water changes SO much easier.
And you need to finish cycling your tank if you still have ammonia. READ THE STICKY ON CYCLING
And you need to finish cycling your tank if you still have ammonia. READ THE STICKY ON CYCLING
Agreed. The only spikes you should see are NO3 spikes, which would be easily handled (short term) through water changes. The presence of NH3 means that either your tank isn't cycled, or that the bioload has increased beyond the capacity of the bacteria.
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I disagree, a properly cycled tank will have no ammonia no exceptions. If you're overcrowded then your readings will be 0 NH3, 0 NO2, and high NO3 readings. If your tank has been up and running for a while then you are extremely underfiltered and need more bio. What size tank, what stock, and what is your filtration setup?
