**HELP** Ammonia Spiking

[ASIN28]

Hey all,
I just finished prazipro treatment and getting ready for a copper treatment on my PBrT and Hippo in my 20G QT. Throughout the whole prazipro treatment I checked ammonia everyday and it remained 0. Seeded filter with Seachem Stability. Yesterday I did a 20% water change and put carbon in to remove prazipro to get ready for copper. Today I wake up and check ammonia and it’s reading .5 I immediately did a 25-30% water change and still reading .5. I’m not understanding I have Prime I can dose and from what I understand Prime is “ok” to use with copper power.
What is my next step?

 

[brandon429]

man I hate not being able to make an nh3 prediction but those variables are quite the fish-specific interaction set to know. at least a bump.

 

[ASIN28]

man I hate not being able to make an nh3 prediction but those variables are quite the fish-specific interaction set to know. at least a bump.

What do you mean

 

[Hincapiej4]

Think he means different fish create more or less ammonia. AND we have no idea how strong your bio filter is. AND don't use neut ammonia chems with copper. Best you can do, is do a water change then add Microbacter 7 to help.

 

[brandon429]

Meaning if you had a standard cycle, it would take two seconds to have it under control knowing very few details of the system

but you’re in a rare zone of cycle control as you have limited surface area compared to full running displays and medications added are antibacterial, add to the fact prime becomes toxic if you mix it with the wrong meds.

nothing in a standard cycle works this way, it will take a fish/ chemistry practitioner to know where the bad interactions are

 

[ASIN28]

Meaning if you had a standard cycle, it would take two seconds to have it under control knowing very few details of the system

but you’re in a rare zone of cycle control as you have limited surface area compared to full running displays and medications added are antibacterial, add to the fact prime becomes toxic if you mix it with the wrong meds.

nothing in a standard cycle works this way, it will take a fish/ chemistry practitioner to know where the bad interactions are

Gotcha I understand. I’m just stumped because I had ammonia under control for the prazipro and it randomly shoots up and can’t get it down

 

[Hincapiej4]

Meaning if you had a standard cycle, it would take two seconds to have it under control knowing very few details of the system

but you’re in a rare zone of cycle control as you have limited surface area compared to full running displays and medications added are antibacterial, add to the fact prime becomes toxic if you mix it with the wrong meds.

nothing in a standard cycle works this way, it will take a fish/ chemistry practitioner to know where the bad interactions are

Hey I got pretty close! lol

 

[Hincapiej4]

Gotcha I understand. I’m just stumped because I had ammonia under control for the prazipro and it randomly shoots up and can’t get it down

Microbacter.