Ammonia levels!

[dmoeller]

PLEASE can some people tell me how much ammonia can kill your axolotl. I have some people saying even 1ppm while others say up to 3. What is it?

 

[Karayna]

I'd imagine that 1 ppm could kill a baby axie, but it's certainly not good for adults either. Long term exposure of 1 ppm could probably kill an adult.

 

[Amyglistens]

It also depends on your ph levels. If your ph is lower (I.e 7.5 and under) your looking at about 1.5 NH4 being very harmful
Where as a ph above 7.6 is gonna be very harmful if the NH4 gets to around 0.8 -1

 

[dmoeller]

If my ammonia is 1 and my ph is 7.2 is that harmful

 

[Amyglistens]

That's close to being harmful, if it were me I'd do a 50% water change to bring it down.

 

[dmoeller]

I have ph increaser and decreaser if I should use them, which one should I use?

 

[dmoeller]

I decided to put him in a seperate container for the night. Is that a good idea?