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How's it goin'? Ammonia zero yet or still 0.25ppm?

You are absolutely correct on this. Turns out, it is very common for there to be a false positive 0.25ppm ammonia reading despite it effectively be zero. Multiple hypotheses have been proposed, regardless does not matter. If you are persistently reading 0.25ppm, then it is evidence that it is a...

One can just establish all the beneficial bacteria in one's filter instead.

Probably not, tbh.

The tank will be instantly cycled, because yes it is like a 100% water change and shifting things around. And of course, removing the water has no material impact on the cycle, so yeah. Bare in mind that even though the tank remains cycled, shifting substrate and stuff around could dislodge...

Oh believe me, I massively advocate for bottled bacteria products (in general) lol. I got my PhD in microbial physiology, and reading up on nitrifiers and their resilience wasn't difficult for me. Turns out they are super resilient, able to survive ammonia and/or oxygen starvation conditions for...

Yeah... I'd definitely use the API test kit in this case lol. Seems rather dubious.

Usually it's FritzZyme TurboStart 700 that is the really good product. FritzZyme 7 is good, but not known to be that good. Just to check - did you test for ammonia soon after you dosed Fritz Fishless Fuel? Or just today?

I don’t like them but that’s a personal preference. I am 100% fine with anyone who wants to keep them. I recommend you keep them if you like, regardless of our opinions.

Yes. Though 1ppm works too (almost all aquariums, even heavily stocked ones, only produce <1ppm ammonia a day max). Only like REALLY heavily stocked, heavily fed tanks produce 2ppm ammonia a day. So yeah, if not already, just wait until both ammonia and nitrite drop to zero, before re-dosing...

How often have you done water changes?

Yep. There is evidence that Prime does nothing to detoxify ammonia or nitrite. And that yeah, a lot of the time the fish is fine in higher ammonia concentrations is simply because the concentration of unionized ammonia itself is low. Temperature also impacts this, not just pH. There is a great...

I personally don't. I don't really boil anything - rocks, wood, leaves, etc. Just chuck them in the tank. :3 But that's also because I am confident enough in my aquarium ecosystem being 'strong' enough to handle whatever is released, and that my fish are healthy enough to deal with diseases and...

Most likely it is perfectly fine. If she knows how to do it, get her to check your parameters. If ammonia and nitrite continues to remain at zero, you are fine.

1.35ppm-ish. So 1ppm ammonia ultimately produces 3.64ppm nitrate.