I am in the beginning process of cycling a 10 gallon tank with 1 very small red telescope goldfish. I have been changing the water daily by at least 50%, sometimes twice a day. Today I purchased Prime to hopefully help with the ammonia levels, which are consistently at 0.25ppm, as well as Stability to try and help speed up the process. I have been testing with the API fresh water master kit.
Will I still test high for ammonia with this kit even after using Prime? If ammonia will still show as being high even though it's converted to the less toxic form, how will I know when I should be changing the tank water while cycling?
Is it normal for a red telescope goldfish to just sort of hang out at the top of the tank for a minute, then swim around, and then hang out again? Or is this the fish showing signs of stress?
Thanks for the help, I'm trying to do fish-in cycling correctly without killing my little guy.
Will I still test high for ammonia with this kit even after using Prime? If ammonia will still show as being high even though it's converted to the less toxic form, how will I know when I should be changing the tank water while cycling?
Is it normal for a red telescope goldfish to just sort of hang out at the top of the tank for a minute, then swim around, and then hang out again? Or is this the fish showing signs of stress?
Thanks for the help, I'm trying to do fish-in cycling correctly without killing my little guy.