Need help. Ammonia wont go down. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T07:18:03Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/need-help-ammonia-wont-go-down?feed=yes&xn_auth=noUpdate: Ammonia and Nitrite h…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-11-17:4778851:Comment:5864902014-11-17T14:29:10.210ZJosh Grubmanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoshGrubman
<p>Update: Ammonia and Nitrite have bottomed out. It took about a week after adding the new systems (fluidized sand bed and two towers) to see any impact, and then levels dropped rapidly.</p>
<p>Update: Ammonia and Nitrite have bottomed out. It took about a week after adding the new systems (fluidized sand bed and two towers) to see any impact, and then levels dropped rapidly.</p> Randall Wimbish said:
Test yo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-10:4778851:Comment:5823542014-10-10T16:15:35.605ZJosh Grubmanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoshGrubman
<p><cite>Randall Wimbish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/need-help-ammonia-wont-go-down#4778851Comment582402"><div class="xg_user_generated">Test your incoming tap water with the API ammonia test kit. Chloramine will test positive. I am thinking your water changes are your ammonia.</div>
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<p>This morning I took a sample of water from my degassing…</p>
<p><cite>Randall Wimbish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/need-help-ammonia-wont-go-down#4778851Comment582402"><div class="xg_user_generated">Test your incoming tap water with the API ammonia test kit. Chloramine will test positive. I am thinking your water changes are your ammonia.</div>
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<p>This morning I took a sample of water from my degassing barrel and ran it through the ammonia test. It came back positive. Small result, but a result nonetheless. </p>
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<p>So it does seem that I've been dosine with chloramine every day. Whooops. I guess that means chloramine takes more than 24 hours of bubbling in Florida-sun-exposed barrel to eliminate.</p>
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<p>To deal with this, I stopped the siphon/top-off system entirely. Also, I took the sunshades off all the ancillary barrels (sump and radial flow filter) to get maximum sun exposure on the water in the system. </p>
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<p>I also have access to ClorAm-X. I added roughly 1/3 of what the box says to add based on my water volume. I want to avoid an ammonia spike while the ClorAm-X breaks down the Chloramine. I figure better to add this stuff slowly and see how the fish deal with it. I will keep a close eye on the little goldfish in the radial flow filter (which I put in as a remedy for mosquito larvae - works great, by the way), as I suspect they will succumb to an ammonia spike before the adult tilapia in the culture tank.</p>
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<p></p> Randall Wimbish said:
Test yo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-10:4778851:Comment:5821672014-10-10T01:49:50.479ZJosh Grubmanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoshGrubman
<p><cite>Randall Wimbish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/need-help-ammonia-wont-go-down?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A582402&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment582402"><div class="xg_user_generated">Test your incoming tap water with the API ammonia test kit. Chloramine will test positive. I am thinking your water changes are your ammonia.</div>
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<p>Interesting thought. I will try that tomorrow morning.…</p>
<p><cite>Randall Wimbish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/need-help-ammonia-wont-go-down?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A582402&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment582402"><div class="xg_user_generated">Test your incoming tap water with the API ammonia test kit. Chloramine will test positive. I am thinking your water changes are your ammonia.</div>
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<p>Interesting thought. I will try that tomorrow morning. Thanks!<br/> <br/><br/></p> I forgot to mention the pH ha…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-09:4778851:Comment:5820902014-10-09T18:24:22.757ZJosh Grubmanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoshGrubman
<p>I forgot to mention the pH has been steadily rising since the new growbed went in. It used to steadily fall, requiring pH Up to keep it high enough. It's currently hovering around 7.1, so I have not done anything to manipulate pH in a long time.</p>
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<p>I was thinking about slowly bringing the pH up, as I read that nitrosomonas prefer 7.8 - 8. At least for a little while to kick start the nitrification. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I forgot to mention the pH has been steadily rising since the new growbed went in. It used to steadily fall, requiring pH Up to keep it high enough. It's currently hovering around 7.1, so I have not done anything to manipulate pH in a long time.</p>
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<p>I was thinking about slowly bringing the pH up, as I read that nitrosomonas prefer 7.8 - 8. At least for a little while to kick start the nitrification. Thoughts?</p> http://imgur.com/a/hGXfv
Pic…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-09:4778851:Comment:5820862014-10-09T18:06:18.937ZJosh Grubmanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoshGrubman
<p><a href="http://imgur.com/a/hGXfv" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/a/hGXfv</a></p>
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<p>Pics of the whole setup. I did a few more upgrades that I forgot to mention in the narrative above.</p>
<p><a href="http://imgur.com/a/hGXfv" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/a/hGXfv</a></p>
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<p>Pics of the whole setup. I did a few more upgrades that I forgot to mention in the narrative above.</p>