Can this be fixed?

[TaTeR ToT]

Lost a few fish this morning after a water change.
My tap water was the result of the distruction.
Here's the reslults for ammonia and nitrates...
Ammonia - 1.5ish
Nitrate - 5ish

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[eklikewhoa]

chloramines

My tap is like that too or at least I smelled the funny water about a month ago, I've been using my carbon bottle and amquel+plus and still doing 100% water change with no problems.

[TaTeR ToT]

Would aging the water with prime help?

[eklikewhoa]

yeah, aging, heavy circulating and prime.

I can't say for sure out of my own experience about the prime since I don't use it and only use Amquel+plus.

[TaTeR ToT]

Ok, cool, I have a few 20g water containers, im going to have to start doing this.
At least I didn't lose my geos.

[eklikewhoa]

invest in a carbon bottle.

[TaTeR ToT]

I'm going to for sure.

[troy tucker]

Sorry to hear you lost fish. Our water is like that too. Some days it can go right in and others it will kill everything. Maybe even people... LOL...

[ssrprelude]

invest in a carbon bottle.

+1 I'm certain mine saved my fish many times.

[crazy42bmx]

Iv never used or thought of getting a carbon bottle, but i do use Prime. Its the best de-clorinator you can buy from the shelf. Iv used it for many years. We all run into " sudden " fish emergencies so having a bottle of prime as a back up shouldn't hurt.

[ssrprelude]

I still use a half dose of Seachem Safe with my bottle just for insurance.

[Fancyfish]

invest in a carbon bottle.

What is a 'carbon Bottle'?

[aquabee]

Oh man. I'm so glad your geos are ok!! I'm frikkin scared to do a water change right now. I feel like the old water in the tank is safer than what's comin out the tap! I usually double dose Amquel or Prime with my water changes.

[aquabee]

Just outta curiosity, what's the price range on carbon bottles these days?

[sunkenmetal]

Oh man. I'm so glad your geos are ok!! I'm frikkin scared to do a water change right now. I feel like the old water in the tank is safer than what's comin out the tap! I usually double dose Amquel or Prime with my water changes.

Are your tap water parameters that bad?