I have a ten gallon brackish water tank with five guppies and four mollies. They had been doing great, and my city‘s water had been the perfect PH and ammonia content since I got them, but after my last water change, the water started getting cloudy and the fish started acting weird. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, but after one died, I found out it was ammonia poisoning caused by a change in our city‘s water supply due to a drought. Everything I found online and in pet stores suggested doing a partial water change to fix it, but the water from my tap has more ammonia in it than my tank. I tried balancing the PH with Jungle Correct pH fizz tabs, and when that didn’t lower ammonia content enough, I tried two tabs of Ammonia Safe in the water. Now the water in the fish tank has safe ammonia content, and the fish have stopped sitting on the bottom of the tank as much and seem to be feeling better. However, this morning I woke up to find the water so cloudy I can barely see through it, which can’t be good for them either. My household fish expert told me to add Start Zyme to replenish bacteria in the water, but that only seemed to make the cloudiness worse. I used Crystal Clear to clear the water early in the week before I knew about the ammonia, so I can’t use that again, and I just changed the bio filter. I have three gallons of clean tap water that I’ve dechlorinated. I’m trying to neutralize the ammonia in them as well so I can do that partial water change everyone is talking about, but I’m scared to change too much now that the fish seem to be doing better and I’ve already messed with it so much. Any advice?
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