How to get rid of ammonia & nitrates

[Flash]

i use prime and run a skimmer. always have and have had no issues. many fish stores that run skimmers also use prime in their water!

[bowkry]

just turn your skimmer off for about an hour after you add water or do a water change. I have a rsm 250 and everything so far sets off my skimmer so when I add water or anything I shut my skimmer down, then just turn it on after. I also found on some of the more finiky skimmers a.p. water conditioner was way better, not the stuff with aloe but the basic stuff, my old aqua-c used to go retarded over any thing but that stuff

[KeMo]

If you always are having ammonia in your tank your load is too high or you are over feeding. How much LR do you have in your tank ? How often do you feed and how are you feeding ? Nitrates are pritty normal . Fish can tolerate them on the lower levels . To have 0 nitrates in your water you will need to run a refug with chaeto in it or have a DSB.
Also like stated before turn of your skimmer when your doing your water change. I turn mine of as well as the lights . Becuase as the water level goes down the light impact will increase and it can bleach out some of your coraline or shock your corals.