mxfj40
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I recently became interested in tropical fish and have a few questions about the cycling process. I have a 34 gallon tank with an eclipse top. Temp= 78-80 The fish were added 8 days ago (12 small platys/4 small mollys/1 betta).They all seem to be doing quite well. I have tested the water everyday. My ph is stable at 7.6. The first three days my ammonia and nitrites were at zern the 4th through 8th day I started to detect a small amount of ammonia. The test vial has a hint of yellow color but not as yellow as the .5-1.0 reading on the test card. I would call it a .3. Nitrite readings are still at zero. Should I be alarmed at these readings. Am I doing anything wrong? Did I add too many fish to start? Should I do a partial water change to try to bring down the ammonia? I feed them twice a day. With this many fish should I cut them down to once a day? Thanks in advance for any advice given.