Hi All......
Got a 20 gall that I'd started cycling with 3 Platies. It had been cycling for less than a week when I ordered Bio Spira.
My Bio Spira arrived on Friday. I put it in the fridge until I did a 50% water change & got the rest of my fish. I added the Bio Spira & remainder of the fish on Saturday. Tank Inhabitants are currently 8 Lemon Tetras and 5 Platies.
Those of you with Bio Spira experience........what should I expect as far as water parameters go? It's been 2 days now, & it looks like the ammonia levels are climbing ever so slightly as of this morning--the color in the tube looked to be somewhere between 0 and .225 ppm (next color down on the AP kit). I think I'd read that I might get a slight ammonia spike--how much higher would it go?? The fish are fine now, but I'm just trying to get a game plan together so I can act fast if any start stressing.
The store that I got my fish from had Bio Spira so I picked up another package "just in case" this one I'd ordered might've gone bad during shipment. It's on stand by in the fridge, but should I use it?
Thanks!
Got a 20 gall that I'd started cycling with 3 Platies. It had been cycling for less than a week when I ordered Bio Spira.
My Bio Spira arrived on Friday. I put it in the fridge until I did a 50% water change & got the rest of my fish. I added the Bio Spira & remainder of the fish on Saturday. Tank Inhabitants are currently 8 Lemon Tetras and 5 Platies.
Those of you with Bio Spira experience........what should I expect as far as water parameters go? It's been 2 days now, & it looks like the ammonia levels are climbing ever so slightly as of this morning--the color in the tube looked to be somewhere between 0 and .225 ppm (next color down on the AP kit). I think I'd read that I might get a slight ammonia spike--how much higher would it go?? The fish are fine now, but I'm just trying to get a game plan together so I can act fast if any start stressing.
The store that I got my fish from had Bio Spira so I picked up another package "just in case" this one I'd ordered might've gone bad during shipment. It's on stand by in the fridge, but should I use it?
Thanks!