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jmbrewster2010
04/19/2011, 12:06 PM
What is the general consensus regarding large water changes to control ammonia?

Yes or No

MrTuskfish
04/19/2011, 12:10 PM
What is the general consensus regarding large water changes to control ammonia?

Yes or No
In an emergency, sure, or use an ammonia neutralizer. But finding the cause is most important. This is really impossible to answer without knowing what is happening.

jimmy_beaner
04/19/2011, 12:14 PM
If nothing is in the tank, leave it to help establish the biological filter. If you have stuff in the tank... that's another story. I haven't tested any ammonia since day 3 (started with live rock)

Randy Holmes-Farley
04/19/2011, 01:30 PM
What sort of situation?

thegrun
04/19/2011, 01:33 PM
If it is in a new tank during the cycle, I do not make water changes unless there are corals or other sensitive life on the rocks I am trying to have survive the cycle.