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Thread: Ammonia spike 8.0 for 4 days

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01-13-2007, 08:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
bouraganes Peppermint Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 441 Karma: 68	Your nitrates should read zero and your ammonia levels are high and climbing-one is feeding the other- it sounds as though your tank has had an major change - have you added an large amount of livestock recently- have you changed your filtration or added any chemicals to your tank? I like to add an small amout of bio-enzme to my tank once monthly to bolster my friendly bacteria - I don't know if thats necessary but just something I always do-

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