Ammonia Opinions??

[snooky]

After losing all my fish 2 months ago (my fault), I waited over 6 weeks to add new fish and get the water quality back to shape....I put two perkula clowns in last week, and they seem to be doin great....Ive been checking my levels and they seem to be good, except for a higher reading of ammonia....I did a water change (20%) on my 55gal two days ago and my levels are a bit high still....the levels are:
PH- 8.2
AMM- .50
Nitrates-0
Nitrites 0
Salinity- 1.022
Temp-80
Should I hold off feeding the clowns a few days to see if my ammonia levels off, or is ammonia levels of .50 acceptable....i would like to add some more fish to the tank over the next few days....Thanks
I am not overfeeding the clowns or my invertabrates

 

[mr_bill]

Did you take an ammonia reading before adding the fish, and was that 0 ? What type of biological filtration are you using? I wouldn't accept anything but 0 for an ammonia reading, it is poisonous to fish.

 

[snooky]

I did take a reading before adding the fish and it was at 0.....I am using a wet/dry system....since adding the fish, its been about .50

 

[bang guy]

The only acceptable ammonia level is 0.0ppm.
I'd recommend feeding very very lightly if at all until ammonia drops and doing a good sized water change to lower ammonia.