peaceablegarden
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi folks,
Had taken some advice from another forum and here's where I'm at. I started TANK 1 a month ago with three platies. On the first day, a female had babies, I rescued 12 and then overfed over a week's time. My nitrites and everything else went through the roof.
Three days ago I seeded both TANK 1 and TANK 2 (I'll get to that one) with month old gravel from a cycled, established tank. Here's ammonia and nitrite values for both tanks for the past several days.
TANK 1
8/31 (did a 50% water change after checking)
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 1
9/1
Ammonia 1
Nitrite .25
9/2 (added gravel after checking)
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 0
9/3 No change
9/4 No change
TANK 2
8/31 (50% water change)
Ammonia .25-.50
Nitirite .25 - .50
9/1
Ammonia .25-.50
Nitrite 0
9/2 No change
9/3 No change
9/4 No change
TANK 2 is two weeks old with one Neon Tetra. Yes, I'm cycling the tanks with fish. I know some folks here don't agree with that. I got advice from some one locally. I have the fish and am trying to nurse them through this mess. One of my platies was sick but got well. Now is hiding again. And another platy has a white thick line on his tail. All fry are alive and seemingly well. I'm not sure what to do now. The seeding doesn't seem to be doing anything. Thanks for the help!
Karen.
Had taken some advice from another forum and here's where I'm at. I started TANK 1 a month ago with three platies. On the first day, a female had babies, I rescued 12 and then overfed over a week's time. My nitrites and everything else went through the roof.
Three days ago I seeded both TANK 1 and TANK 2 (I'll get to that one) with month old gravel from a cycled, established tank. Here's ammonia and nitrite values for both tanks for the past several days.
TANK 1
8/31 (did a 50% water change after checking)
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 1
9/1
Ammonia 1
Nitrite .25
9/2 (added gravel after checking)
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 0
9/3 No change
9/4 No change
TANK 2
8/31 (50% water change)
Ammonia .25-.50
Nitirite .25 - .50
9/1
Ammonia .25-.50
Nitrite 0
9/2 No change
9/3 No change
9/4 No change
TANK 2 is two weeks old with one Neon Tetra. Yes, I'm cycling the tanks with fish. I know some folks here don't agree with that. I got advice from some one locally. I have the fish and am trying to nurse them through this mess. One of my platies was sick but got well. Now is hiding again. And another platy has a white thick line on his tail. All fry are alive and seemingly well. I'm not sure what to do now. The seeding doesn't seem to be doing anything. Thanks for the help!
Karen.