Update:
Today went and talked to the guru at the fish store, it seems my ammonia went up approx .25ppm last night, thought I am seeing a lil more nitrates
I still don't think the bacteria can keep up with the ammonia production of my lil friends, sooo, I rebuilt my old
HOB filter (tetrafin 10 that came with the tank when I got it from my friends) and added it to the tank as well, but put in some ammochips, I didn't want to put the ammochips in the penguin, that's where I'm trying to build my bacteria colony.
I will monitor the ammonia level, as it starts to get smaller, I will decrease the flow rate on the ammoniafilter, once it gets just under .25, I will remove the ammonia filter.
The things I am hoping to accomplish by doing this. . .
- less water changes give bacteria more time to grow
- Monitoring ammonia levels, and decreasing flow still leaves bacteria with some ammonia to grow on.
- Less stress on my fish due to less ammonia and less water changes.
Cons. . . I don't know how much if any bacteria will be lost in the ammo-carb stuff
What do you guys think?? Does this sound like a viable plan??