ammonia??

[perezmk1982]

So i really don't know what i am doing wrong have super high ammonia levels. i have been doing this for years and never had this this problem before. I feed every other day the fish and corals 2 times a week. Make a water change every 2 wks change my filter pads every 2 days and still have high levels of ammonia. I also change my carbon once a month. nitrite 0, nitrate 0, PH 8.3, alkalinity is good. All i have done different is change to a new salt. What am i doing wrong what can i do to fix this problem?

 

[arthurk0722]

anything dead or decaying?

 

[Buck0land]

Check your ammonia with a different test kit. Your nitrites should not be 0 if you have a ammonia reading on a established tank.

Are your missing any fish?

 

[perezmk1982]

nothing has died my corals are losing color. Thats the only thing that i have notice. Different

 

[Buck0land]

You should get a new test kit. What salt are you using?

 

[KathyC]

Before doing anything radical, I would definitely test with a different kit, or have a LFS do it for you.

Do you add any chemicals of any sort to the tank ?

Do you have any new SW made up with the new salt you purchased? If so, I would test that for ammonia.

 

[perezmk1982]

changed to red sea pro salt. i used Instant ocean. i dose cal, mag, strodium, molidium, PH buffer and alk

 

[edd]

i had the same problem with amo in freshly mixed salt water. i read up on it, they say that most if not all salt mixes contain amo, i think from magnesium chloride from .25-.50. it gets diluted in your tank and your bacteria breaks it right down. they say its not a problem unless you do 50% or more water change.