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	Holding off Ammonia
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I am rebuilding my pond and instead of selling all my koi I want to keep a couple. I have a 75g thats not setup. I know its not ideal but its better than a fish store. The filter isn't cycled, is there anything I can do to help hold off ammonia. I know a couple water changes a week will help but is there anything else. They'll be there for a few weeks.
Posted 28-Apr-2006 06:17
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Edited by Sham An ammonia binding water conditioner and zeolite chemical filtration will help some. Lots and lots of water changes would probably be your best bet though. Unless you have odd tapwater conditions daily water changes would not be too often.
Posted 28-Apr-2006 08:47
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Edited by Bob Wesolowski Daily water changes, use of AmmoLock, add a nitrifying agent, seed the tank with a pad from your existing filter, reduce the pH to below 7.0 to lock potential ammonia into the less toxic ammonium, do not feed the fish. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 28-Apr-2006 15:15


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