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Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Nov 7, 2016
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Hi friendly folks:
I will start with aquarium details:
- 10 gallon tank
- 15 W T8 bulb, on a timer for 10hr a day
- three guppies
- two smallish Anubias, one of which sprouted something that the guppies pecked at until it fell off
- one relatively large Java Fern, which has some blackened leaves and a couple leaves with something growing off the tip
- substrate is some sort of black sand
- oh and at least one little snail
I uploaded a photo in my first thread; is there a way to link the same attachment?
Fish and plants went into the aquarium together, about 17 days ago. In the first week, I performed four or five 20% water changes, and in the past seven days, we have performed two 20% water changes.
As per title, I just did my first freshwater tests with the following results:
- pH of 7.4 to 7.6, can't tell exactly (I did a normal and high range test)
- Ammonia seems to be at 0.25 ppm or slightly less
- Nitrite seems low, at a colour very close to 0ppm
- Nitrate looks to have a hint of orange, and definitely not nearly as dark as the 5ppm colour
So.... What do I do now?
What is the general condition of the aquarium? Should I cross post this to get advice specific to the plants?
I will start with aquarium details:
- 10 gallon tank
- 15 W T8 bulb, on a timer for 10hr a day
- three guppies
- two smallish Anubias, one of which sprouted something that the guppies pecked at until it fell off
- one relatively large Java Fern, which has some blackened leaves and a couple leaves with something growing off the tip
- substrate is some sort of black sand
- oh and at least one little snail
I uploaded a photo in my first thread; is there a way to link the same attachment?
Fish and plants went into the aquarium together, about 17 days ago. In the first week, I performed four or five 20% water changes, and in the past seven days, we have performed two 20% water changes.
As per title, I just did my first freshwater tests with the following results:
- pH of 7.4 to 7.6, can't tell exactly (I did a normal and high range test)
- Ammonia seems to be at 0.25 ppm or slightly less
- Nitrite seems low, at a colour very close to 0ppm
- Nitrate looks to have a hint of orange, and definitely not nearly as dark as the 5ppm colour
So.... What do I do now?
What is the general condition of the aquarium? Should I cross post this to get advice specific to the plants?