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sforys
Posts : 36
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 32
Location : Toronto, ON
| Subject: Ammonia in tap water??  Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:19 pm | |
| All i have to say is WTF??? i live in toronto, the largest city in Canada and my tap water has such messed up levels. i thought we were supposed to have great water treatment.
Nitrate 5ppm
Ammonia 0.5ppm
I dont understand this at all. I tested 2 different taps in my house. Anything i could do to get rid of the ammonia and the nitrates. No wonder my tank isnt cycling properly. what is the point of changing the water if its not gonna get rid of any of my nitrates?? | |
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joneh
Posts : 6
Join date : 2008-04-23
Location : Mississauga
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:25 pm | |
| - sforys wrote:
- All i have to say is WTF??? i live in toronto, the largest city in Canada and my tap water has such messed up levels. i thought we were supposed to have great water treatment.
Nitrate 5ppm
Ammonia 0.5ppm
I dont understand this at all. I tested 2 different taps in my house. Anything i could do to get rid of the ammonia and the nitrates. No wonder my tank isnt cycling properly. what is the point of changing the water if its not gonna get rid of any of my nitrates?? thats why mississauga is better  lol joke it might be ur pipes in ur house...ill test my tap water tommorrow and get back to you on the results.... i think both mississauga and toronto have the same water treatment | |
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sforys
Posts : 36
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 32
Location : Toronto, ON
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:37 am | |
| do you think i should test the water for my hose outside? | |
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khaki
Posts : 84
Join date : 2008-04-19
Age : 32
Location : Westminster CA
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:14 am | |
| yes test every water you can. if your hose has high ammonia....then i guess you have to test your drinking water... | |
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sforys
Posts : 36
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 32
Location : Toronto, ON
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:44 am | |
| i tested the water closest to my tank. the hose is what im gonna check next. | |
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bossyboy
Posts : 20
Join date : 2008-04-20
Location : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:52 am | |
| oh man that sux, im checking mine too now, lol
r we gonna try goin 2 fanatics on friday? | |
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MbunaMan25
Posts : 8
Join date : 2008-04-20
Location : Naperville, IL
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:56 pm | |
| I think it maybe your pipes because Ammonia is not good for humans either. Call your city's water and sanitation department and ask them if they have changed anything or added anything. Also see if you could get what their levels are. | |
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sforys
Posts : 36
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 32
Location : Toronto, ON
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:56 pm | |
| i've heard that more water treatment plants are using chloramine which has ammonia in it. NH2Cl so that might be why im getting the readings.  Chris tell me what ur results are like as soon as possible. I'm pretty sure about finatics on friday. But u never know with my water.  | |
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sforys
Posts : 36
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 32
Location : Toronto, ON
| | Subject: Re: Ammonia in tap water?? Mon May 05, 2008 1:30 pm | |
| Hey if anyone is still paying attention to this post i have found a way to solve my problems. PRIME, in my opinion one of the greatest water conditioners ever invented. I put it in my water just this saturday, everything is at zero except nitrates which have dropped from 15ppm all the way to 7ppm. If you can get it, do. This stuff is way more potent than other conditioners i've used. 5ml treats my whole tank and it brings down every single thing that is bad for the fish.  | |
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roachonius
Posts : 62
Join date : 2008-04-21
Age : 44
Location : lawton oklahoma
| | Subject: lol Fri May 30, 2008 7:10 am | |
| i was just about to say you should try PRIME....then i seen ya last post lol
that should work out just fine for ya | |
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