[3J3]

i need to bring down the ammonia level in my tank its at 8.0+ and ive been useing ammonia detox for a week and its still went up from 0.50 when i started useing it

[ecvernon]

posted in wrong forum...and you must do water changes dont rely on chemicals

[3J3]

i did about 90% water changes 4 times already its still there

[autoponicz]

you need to find the source of the problem...not adding chemicals to fight it...
is your tank a new setup?...a livestock deteriorating in the tank....?not enough biological filtration....tank is still cycling?...etc.

just say you dont have enough biological filtration(beneficial bacteria grows on evrything thats submerged in water)but you still need time for them to populate to remove the ammonia/nitrite..so doing 90% water changes will slow down thier population rate even more.

give u some details of your tank setup and water parameters....

[3J3]

its a 3 gallon pico tank its been running almost a month now the Ph is 8.2 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ammonia 8.0+ about 2-3 ponds live rock marine bio sediment for snad bed about 1.5" 1 ORA black and white clown 1 yellow tail damsel all coral died due to ammonia i think oh an filled with nutri sea water avery time except for today i used petco sea water

[autoponicz]

looks like you are way overstocked for a 3g pico.
you filled with nutri sea water everytime?....what is your salinity at?
if you top off with seawater then your salinity is super high...

[3J3]

wow your right i thought being that the salinity on the container said it was perfect i assumed it would remainthe same as when i first used it at 32-34 but its now at 40+ could that be what killed the coral

[3J3]

how did i over stock? i only had 1 fish till recently and small frags 1 of xenia 1 hairy mushroom and about 15 zoas on a small rock about 1 inch

and how could i bring the salinity down?

[mray]

Add RO/DI to it slowly until you are at 35 PPT.

[3J3]

i dont have an ro/di system yet thats why i used the nutri sea water