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I think you guys were right about it being at the end of the cycle cause the amonia is completly gone at this point and was about a day after I made this thead. Don't even know if this is normal.
so what now
I feed them every morning, and obviously it looks like I overfeed them. On a different note, should I crush the flakes really well or not as much? I see the eat big pieces all the time and I thought it could be a better way to do it in order to keep the small pieces from floating towards the...
right now I'm using liquid test kit that says amonia is at about 7.0 to 8.0 ppm (mg/L)
Nitrate is at 20
nitrite at around 5
Hardness at 50
total alkalinty 120
ph is at 7.2
And about the food, there's a good layer of brownish leftover food in about half of my tank.
So it's been more then 30 days and the amonia level in my tank is crazy. I've been doing water changes throughout the 30 days and none of my fishes died so far (3 black skirt tetras and 3 more colorful ones that my gf bought, so 6 fishes total).
Right now the reason for the amonia is the...
Yes I'm trying to cycle the tank which is why are removed the water, however the cloudy water has been there for almost two days now.
Levels seem okay, I'm still working on balancing them out
Conditioner is the "wardley 3 in 1 7.0 PH water conditioner" - brings water to 7ph and neutrelizes...
I added some salt and some water condiitoner which might have made it blurry. I also changed about 25% of the water and moved around the ornaments inside the tank. All this at once pretty much.
All in all it looks like the water is rather blurry/foggy. Especially compared to previous state...
Typical Cycle using fish.
Ok the following is only a guide and only by testing with a kit that does Ammonia,Nitrite and Nitrate you will know the true state of the tanks progress.
Start by doing "no" water changes for about 2 weeks by which time the Ammonia level should be comming down with...
I tried searching but that didn;t work out all too well.
Anyway, here are my questions
Does the filter stay on all the time? (evening? feeding time? etc etc)
Does the air pump stay on all the time?
what about the light?
Question about the heater... Temp of the aqarium at this point stays...
hmmm you guys think this tank is big/good enaugh for a saltwater environment?
actually scratch that, way too complicated for me as of right now?
anyway, what about the water pump? is it necessery or what's the use for it