AMMONIA SPIKE!

Its a redsea testkit it havent turned old yet but i think so too
Think i got everything sorted out now thank you all for the help the fish are doing fine [emoji4]
 
Dont know it is 1st a carbon filter then a fine filter lastly 70gpd membrane
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Is that a cheap ro/di system you bought on Amazon? That may be the problem. You may need to replace your membrane on the ro/di system. If it is a cheap Amazon system I'd try and invest in a better quality system. Test your well water to see if it has a high amount of iron or other metals in it. I used to live in a rural area and the well water had a very metallic smell before running it through our filtration system. Just a thought.
 
Is that a cheap ro/di system you bought on Amazon? That may be the problem. You may need to replace your membrane on the ro/di system. If it is a cheap Amazon system I'd try and invest in a better quality system. Test your well water to see if it has a high amount of iron or other metals in it. I used to live in a rural area and the well water had a very metallic smell before running it through our filtration system. Just a thought.
Not sure what they usually cost but i dint buy it on amazon i bought it from a fish store for about 300 dollars i think it had 5 years gurante so i might look in to that
 
I know in the US our water is often treated with chloramine. It breaks down into ammonia. It relies on a robust carbon filter to get it out of the water.

Hopefully it is a bad test kit!
 
Is the tank cycled? If not it probably needs time to cycle. To prevent any harm to the fish I would add one of those bacteria bottles that instantly cycle the aquarium. Make sure you are doing 10% water changes once a week
 

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