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	Ammonia Spikes
AxlRose Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 02-Feb-2006	Well as of last week i thought my cycle was over. I had a nitite spike and everything, and my ammonia was zero. So when everything was 0 and Nitrates were between 10-20 i decided to get a dwarf gourami to add to my 4 platties. Well 1 platy recently died(i think it's just from the cycle effects) But now I checked my ammonia and it was .25 or higher. Whats up? What would cause this? the trites are still 0 and trates are around 20. I just don't see why I would be getting ammonia readings again.
Posted 09-Feb-2006 05:56
Lindy Administrator Show me the Shishies! Posts: 1507 Kudos: 1350 Votes: 730 Registered: 25-Apr-2001	When you do a water change what do you add to the water? The reason I ask is that some products that neutralise ammonia will give you a false reading. Only other thing I can think of is that perhaps the platy that died ofset the completed cycle and the tank is getting back into balance again. Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Posted 09-Feb-2006 06:08
AxlRose Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 02-Feb-2006	I add Amquel to it because I have ammonia in my tap. But even if the dead platy did offset it I added the gourami to it 2 days before, so I would think the gourami would make up for the loss of the platy.
Posted 09-Feb-2006 06:20


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