richardh
Aquarium Advice Freak
I'm 3 weeks into a fish in cycle at the moment and nothing seems to be happening. It's a 65 litre tank (17usg). This is what I have done so far:
Week 1 setup tank added nutrafin cycle media
Week 2 introduce 5 red eye tetras
Week 3 introduce 2 platy
3 days ago introduced 2 yoyo loaches
Ive tested (Api master) the water since the start and always zero nitrites/nitrates, ph 7.2. Ammonia always 0.25 a conservative guess. Is it actually possible to get the the illuminos yellow 0 colour? There's certainly never any hint of green in the reading.
I carry out PWC twice a week (50% Monday, 25% Thursday) and gravel vac once a week.
All fish seem happy and active, no signs of distress. Surely the tank should be starting to cycle now? I am beginning to doubt the test kit, although I have used strips as well and got same results!
Week 1 setup tank added nutrafin cycle media
Week 2 introduce 5 red eye tetras
Week 3 introduce 2 platy
3 days ago introduced 2 yoyo loaches
Ive tested (Api master) the water since the start and always zero nitrites/nitrates, ph 7.2. Ammonia always 0.25 a conservative guess. Is it actually possible to get the the illuminos yellow 0 colour? There's certainly never any hint of green in the reading.
I carry out PWC twice a week (50% Monday, 25% Thursday) and gravel vac once a week.
All fish seem happy and active, no signs of distress. Surely the tank should be starting to cycle now? I am beginning to doubt the test kit, although I have used strips as well and got same results!