tsonnenl
Aquarium Advice Regular
I added 12 zebra danios to my 72g tank on April 26th. About 4 weeks in, ammonia was at .25ppm, NO2 was at .2, and NO3 at 0. I added the driftwood I had been soaking and boiling to the tank, and NO2 dropped to zero without reaching any higher. Now here I am, 10 weeks in, with the same 0.25ppm and zeroes for both nitrIte and nitrAte. 10 weeks should be more than enough to finish the cycle, let alone see nitrIte...
Being patient is one thing, but how would 12 well fed fish not be producing more ammonia? Not for weeks!
Other considerations:
-I bought the red sea master test kit right before adding fish. I bought the marine kit by mistake, but the tests should be the same
-I have brown algae(not surprising)
-I have not disturbed the eheim 2026 at all
-I added the driftwood
I don't see how any of those would affect ammonia production though. My next step will probably be buying a new test kit either way.
Any ideas on what's wrong so far, or better yet, what I can do about it? Thanks.
Todd
Being patient is one thing, but how would 12 well fed fish not be producing more ammonia? Not for weeks!
Other considerations:
-I bought the red sea master test kit right before adding fish. I bought the marine kit by mistake, but the tests should be the same
-I have brown algae(not surprising)
-I have not disturbed the eheim 2026 at all
-I added the driftwood
I don't see how any of those would affect ammonia production though. My next step will probably be buying a new test kit either way.
Any ideas on what's wrong so far, or better yet, what I can do about it? Thanks.
Todd