Ammonia high in QT

[excal]

Hippo just got ick so treating hippo yellow tang and fox face... Fwiw?

[JerryD120]

You may want to check your salt. I had a box of IO salt that showed off the scale ammonia. I got new salt and it tested good.


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[excal]

Salt I use it kent reef salt.. Not showing anything on my display and fish are doing good swimming around and eating will do 5gal daily but I think it's the copper

[Zack]

What test kits are you using? If your using API I'd double check the results..

[excal]

Yes api

[Bill S]

What Excal said. Nice call.

[ramsey]

If you're using Cupramine that's what it is. Do you have any nitrite?

[excal]

0 nitrite

[fixedwing]

water parameters on QT

1.026
temp 75-76
ph 8.3
phosphate 0.25ppm
nitrate 0ppm
calcium 580
alkalinity 11dkh/214.8
copper 0.25ppm
ammonia 1.0ppm

20 long dosing cupramine and prazipro how can I lower ammonia level in tank without stressing fish..

I also QT in a 20L and after a couple times I started using seeded filters to help. I recently started up my QT again, but overstocked it. I battled ammonia and nitrites, so I started doing 50-75% daily water changes. Its very important to match water temps and salinity. I'm now about 3 weeks into my QT and things have settled down. Get yourself a seachem ammonia alert tag and keep your eye it. You're doing the right thing, so establish a routine that will take a few minutes each day.

I also don't like mixing medications, you never know how they actually react. Run one med, then perform a large water change and run carbon for a few days before you start the next med. Plus maintaining proper copper levels while doing daily water changes can be a pain. I'd recommend Ich X, you actually need to perform daily water changes. After you run Ich X, hopefully your QT has cycled and you can start Prazipro. Good luck.