Ammonia spike

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Just added 2 clowns to my 100ltr tank and have had an ammonia spike to 0.2, so I done a 10% water change and tested again few hours later and the ammonia level is still 0.2.
I cycled the tank for 8 weeks before this and nitrate levels are good etc

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You likely don't have an ammonia spike.. If you did, your fish would be in distress and your CUC would be dead. Also a 10% change is not worth doing if you do have ammonia as it would only move the levels from .2 to .18 which is negligible. More likely you have a testing method issue or some misread.
 
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You likely don't have an ammonia spike.. If you did, your fish would be in distress and your CUC would be dead. Also a 10% change is not worth doing if you do have ammonia as it would only move the levels from .2 to .18 which is negligible. More likely you have a testing method issue or some misread.
Thanks, will just keep an eye on it
 

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