dab4u2
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Okay, I am not exactly a new hobbyists but I think I certainly made an amateur mistake. I installed an ASM protein skimmer a couple of months ago and I thought I could get away with feeding a little bit more and not have to worry about it. WRONG!!! My levels have spiked and my water is cloudy. I am using Prime to detoxify the ammonia and nitites to keep my fish from stressing out . I also did about a 35% water change to try and help the situation. All of that being said I know how it all happend. What I am confused about is that the nitrites appear to down back to 0 but the ammonia is staying around .5. Nnitrates are around 10. Does this make any sense? How can the nitrites have dropped to 0 and the ammonia still be up? Fortunately my fish are all doing very well but I am concerned about getting the ammonia back down quickly. All suggestions are appreciated.