API AMMO-LOCK Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Ammonia Detoxifier 16-Ounce Bottle

Good product

I have a 2 gallon tank with a Betta and snail. Some plants and a strong enough filter. I don’t think I over feed and clean up leftovers before turning the filter back on. I removed any dead or rotting plant pieces and did a partial water change. I used non chlorinated tap water. The next day the ammonia levels on detector were worse. I swapped out a little bit more water and expected a change. Nothing! I ordered this product it came next day. I was so concerned because directions are for a ratio of a ten gallon tank. My brain does not work well first thing in the morning and I was not going to start mixing up 10 gallons of water either. If you’re in the same boat, fear not. I’ve got you covered. I have included in pictures that the cap has measurements for 1,5 and 10 milliliters.1ml. of solution per 2 gallons of water, 5ml. Solution per 10 gallons of water and10ml. Solution per 20 gallons of water. Basically whatever gallons your tank is, divide in half and that number is the amount of ml. needed. Ammonia levels were reduced in minutes.

I have had my freshwater tank since 2018 and never had an ammonia problem like this before. For about 3 months I've tried everything. I guess the ammonia problem was caused because I increased fish, but I have no idea because I have a 100 gallon external filter on my 20 gallon tank. Anyway, the problem was persistent ammonia even after a 25 or 50 % water change it would creep back up in 1 day. I tried adding media specific for ammonia and nothing helped, for weeks, and monthsDesperate to solve this, I bought Ammo Lock because I was leaving town for a week. Immediately my ammonia test results went from green to yellow. I also put in a 1 year ammonia meter and it is indicating yellow as well. Typically, I change the water weekly, and I will include this in my routine from now on. Nothing else was making the ammonia manageable before this. Highly recommend.

This product eventually did work, but it took A LOT more time and Ammo Lock than I would've thought. About 2 months total. I guess in the end, it works and the price isn't too bad either.

The media could not be loaded. I’m a new fish keeper and made the mistake of thinking my tank was cycled when it wasn’t. When I added my first fish (a month after set up) my ammonia levels went above the maximum level on the testing strip. The test water was dark blue almost black!I used this as directed. At one point I had a bad bacteria bloom and couldn’t even see my fish, but kept testing and using as directed, along with daily 10-20% water changes. The water cleared up within a week. Cloudiness is the good bacteria putting up a fight. Gross, but not harmful if your water is oxygenated enough.No matter what happened with the water, my fish were active and happy and kept good color. After three weeks, my good bacteria has taken over and no more ammonia. I’m honestly shocked nobody died with the mistake I made in cycling the tank and I think ammolock is why.I have oto cats, Serpae tetras, phantom tetras and sword tails in a 40 gallon planted tank.

I was having awful ammonia problems in my tank, despite it A) not being overstocked B) not overfeeding C) no dying plants. I was doing daily water changes (45%) and the ammonia was still building up. Even after replacing the filter (the filter did need replacing) the ammonia was still building up though not as fast as before. For a tank that I've had set up for two months now, it was really frustrating how it wouldn't cycle properly.What I did was change the water, then put in the ammo lock along with two other API products, stress coat+ and quick start. I think it helps to use ammo lock with other API products, since they do make their products "work together". Anyway, I did this once a day, every day for 4 days. On day four ammonia was at 0ppm.You can't just put ammo lock in and forget about it though. Ammonia builds upon ammonia, so you still have to do water changes to get it all out of the tank. Having the nitrifying bacteria helps to make the conversion of remaining ammonia to nitrate more manageable for the tank.

Sudden ammonia spike was threatening our fish friends. This worked quickly and we lost zero so far. Effective and easy to use.

I am not sure if this product works or not or does what its name is. Does it lock the AMMO while the bio filter did its job. I did see the ammonia level dropping after using it for about 3 days