problem cycling acidic tank

[Andrea]

Hi all,

I have a soft acidic tank.
ph around 5.5 - 6

Was previously cycling properly till i added a lot of borneowild humic to bring my water ph down as I'm gonna keep taiwan bee.

Day one when I added the shrimps. Ammonia level 0.0 nitrite 0.0 nitrate 10ppm
Week one my ammonia slowly went up. Ammonia level 0.5 nitrite 0.0 nitrate 5ppm
Week two my ammonia went up. Ammonia level 5.0 nitrite 0.0 nitrate 0ppm

So I went to a lfs and get a new ammonia test kit cos I tot my ammonia should not be that high.
And I found out that all my ammonia has converted to ammonium.
LFS suggest me to get atm colony.
I did some research
Ammonium is not toxic to fish or shrimps. And atm colony's only strive on higher ph.

Current : week four ammonia 5.0 nitrite 0.0 nitrite 0.0 ph 5.5

So i really need everyone's help to bring down my high ammonium tank. 😢

[jermseah]

do a 50 % water change regularly... filtered water is enough

[Desmonds]

do a 50 % water change regularly... filtered water is enough

I used tap water with seachem prime to dechlor. What do you suggest? Cos I don't have ro unit at home

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[jermseah]

I used tap water with seachem prime to dechlor. What do you suggest? Cos I don't have ro unit at home

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its just a matter of preference...

i have no problems using over night water / filtered water, even those owners at fish farms will tell you its fine to use them..

shops sell products, so they usually will recommend de chlor

[Desmonds]

Okay maybe I should give it a try and check it out. I wanna try to avoid using seachem prime as it also convert ammonia to to ammonium.

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[jermseah]

Okay maybe I should give it a try and check it out. I wanna try to avoid using seachem prime as it also convert ammonia to to ammonium.

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yes bro, you can ask shop owners, if they are honest about it they will tell you that filtered /overnight water is fine to use too instead of adding chemicals all the time

[antjoey1122]

Never used any dechlorinates ... But I using a sump... All topup is done to sump

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[happydanio123]

Hi there Andrea! You should immediately do 50% water changes on a day to day or once in 2 days basis. If you wish, you may use Dechlorinator but personally, I just let the water soak overnight. The truth is that most pH buffers have side-effects when using them. I don't really know what is Borneo Wild Humic but I suggest against using it. What substrate do you have? If you use ADA soil, it will automatically lower pH for you. However I think ADA soil might also affect Kh so I'm not sure if your Taiwan bee will be affected.