ballison

Hello fellow fish lovers. I had been using just a plain water conditioner to remove chlorine and chloramine (which is indeed present in my tap water) when performing PWCs. Then I read that when the chloramine bond is broken it releases ammonia. Because of this, I switched to amquel+ which claims to chemically bind chlorine, chloramine, nitrites, nitrates and heavy metals. This sounds perfect because my take is still not converting enough nitrites. The product claims that it will leave these substances available to your biological filter. Should I be concerned about the release of ammonia using a regular water conditioner?

ray_sj

I only use Amquel+ when I have an ammonia or nitrite spike. All other times, I use a regular dechlorinator, like Tetra Aquasafe. I've never had a problem, but I don't have a lot of chlorine in my water. You might want to wait for a few other replies here.