Amonia at 1.0

djcool563 · 01/18/2006, 07:30 PM

My amonia is at 1.0mg/L . i want to get a fish but i want to know if this is a harmful level. thanks

dwhit0102 · 01/18/2006, 07:38 PM

It's not strong enough to kill hardier fish try doing a water change first. Better safe than sorry my mom always tells me

Pandora · 01/18/2006, 07:39 PM

Any ammonia above zero, even trace, is toxic to livestock. 1.0 is considered quite high. Your tank isn't cycled. How long have you had it, how large is it, what's in it so far, etc.? Water changes aren't really necessary unless you have life in the tank already, or you are having an algae problem you want to control before you get fish.

djcool563 · 01/18/2006, 07:40 PM

Well my tank is at the end of the cycle and i want to try to add a lemon peel angel

Pandora · 01/18/2006, 07:41 PM

If your tank has that much ammonia, it's not at the end of the cycle, just the beginning. Hold off on the angel. There must be something producing the ammonia, do you have fish or do you have newly added live rock?

djcool563 · 01/18/2006, 07:41 PM

it is a 55g tank adnt here is nothing in it yet.

01/18/2006, 07:30 PM	#1
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	Amonia at 1.0 My amonia is at 1.0mg/L . i want to get a fish but i want to know if this is a harmful level. thanks __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

01/18/2006, 07:39 PM	#3
Pandora Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland near DC Posts: 1,706	Any ammonia above zero, even trace, is toxic to livestock. 1.0 is considered quite high. Your tank isn't cycled. How long have you had it, how large is it, what's in it so far, etc.? Water changes aren't really necessary unless you have life in the tank already, or you are having an algae problem you want to control before you get fish. __________________ Where are we going... And why am I in this handbasket? Current Tank Info: 75gal reef tank, 30 gal octopus tank, Other: 75gal planted Amazon tank

01/18/2006, 07:40 PM	#4
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	Well my tank is at the end of the cycle and i want to try to add a lemon peel angel __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

01/18/2006, 07:41 PM	#5
Pandora Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland near DC Posts: 1,706	If your tank has that much ammonia, it's not at the end of the cycle, just the beginning. Hold off on the angel. There must be something producing the ammonia, do you have fish or do you have newly added live rock? __________________ Where are we going... And why am I in this handbasket? Current Tank Info: 75gal reef tank, 30 gal octopus tank, Other: 75gal planted Amazon tank

01/18/2006, 07:41 PM	#6
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	it is a 55g tank adnt here is nothing in it yet. __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

01/18/2006, 07:38 PM	#2
dwhit0102 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington D.C. Posts: 269	It's not strong enough to kill hardier fish try doing a water change first. Better safe than sorry my mom always tells me