EasternRomioi3
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Hello everyone, I finally have my axolotl's tank back to perfect water quality but I am concerned about it possibly becoming an issue again. My mom's cat fell in the tank one night due to a fight he had with my mom's puppy. That completely destroyed the water quality for like 4 days, even after a 5 gallon change. Tank is 20 gallons, for reference.
I got the API Fresh water master kit, did some tests, everything was good but the only thing that concerns me, and this is my thesis question, so I will say it like this...
'is there a way to reduce ammonia, nitrites and nitrates quickly if there was an emergency like that?'
The kit I have recommends two things, API Aqua-Detox, and Nitra-zorb. I went to 4 different pet stores today, none had it and one pet store employee recommended API Stress Coat instead. I have a pH regulating substance that I can add, works fine, doesn't upset my girl, but I would sleep a lot better at night, or go to work for 12 hours and not worry about my girl if I knew I had a means to quickly, and safely, reduce the bad chemicals. Like I said, the tests are all reading the same now, all good, ammonia is 0, nitrites is 0, and nitrates were like 40-45, and I know axolotls need somewhere between 20 and 60.
If anyone has any experience with these products first hand, please let me know. If anyone has any recommendations on dealing with these issues beyond "just do a quick water change", I would appreciate it. I can't always do one when I'm not home and when my mom's stupid quadrupeds are in the way. I had to put both the cat and the dog outside to change my axolotl's tank. Not an easy task to do considering they hate each other and the cat is quite fast.
On the bright side, my axolotl is very happy, she's enjoying her nice clean tank, be exploring. We got a charcoal filter attachment and I was to fit it onto her sponge filter and she actually seems to really like it. Doesn't produce a ton of bubbles and she was curious enough to go up and observe it. She's eating fine, using the bathroom fine. All is well, just would like to have the means to solve an emergency if it came about.
Thank you again.
I got the API Fresh water master kit, did some tests, everything was good but the only thing that concerns me, and this is my thesis question, so I will say it like this...
'is there a way to reduce ammonia, nitrites and nitrates quickly if there was an emergency like that?'
The kit I have recommends two things, API Aqua-Detox, and Nitra-zorb. I went to 4 different pet stores today, none had it and one pet store employee recommended API Stress Coat instead. I have a pH regulating substance that I can add, works fine, doesn't upset my girl, but I would sleep a lot better at night, or go to work for 12 hours and not worry about my girl if I knew I had a means to quickly, and safely, reduce the bad chemicals. Like I said, the tests are all reading the same now, all good, ammonia is 0, nitrites is 0, and nitrates were like 40-45, and I know axolotls need somewhere between 20 and 60.
If anyone has any experience with these products first hand, please let me know. If anyone has any recommendations on dealing with these issues beyond "just do a quick water change", I would appreciate it. I can't always do one when I'm not home and when my mom's stupid quadrupeds are in the way. I had to put both the cat and the dog outside to change my axolotl's tank. Not an easy task to do considering they hate each other and the cat is quite fast.
On the bright side, my axolotl is very happy, she's enjoying her nice clean tank, be exploring. We got a charcoal filter attachment and I was to fit it onto her sponge filter and she actually seems to really like it. Doesn't produce a ton of bubbles and she was curious enough to go up and observe it. She's eating fine, using the bathroom fine. All is well, just would like to have the means to solve an emergency if it came about.
Thank you again.