SSGWJ
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So yesterday I did a PWC... about 90-95%. Re-dosed the Ammonia to 2PPM last night. Results today --
Day 17 - NH3 0, N02 5.0, N03 20, PH 8.1, Temp 84. To test N02 I added .5 ml tank water and 4.5 ml tap. Result was 0.5 x 10 = 5.0PPM. If it starts to rise significantly again, I'll do another PWC. On a positive note, my N03 tested at 20 PPM (hard to tell color exactly). I didn't believe the test, so I re-tested with the same result... somewhere around 20 PPM. This seems significant to me as I've never really tested much above 5PPM and also because my tap is 5PPM and I just replaced @ 95% of the water yesterday. Maybe the conversion is happening. Should I just dose the NH3 to 1 or 2 PPM for a couple days before stepping it back up to 4PPM?
Day 17 - NH3 0, N02 5.0, N03 20, PH 8.1, Temp 84. To test N02 I added .5 ml tank water and 4.5 ml tap. Result was 0.5 x 10 = 5.0PPM. If it starts to rise significantly again, I'll do another PWC. On a positive note, my N03 tested at 20 PPM (hard to tell color exactly). I didn't believe the test, so I re-tested with the same result... somewhere around 20 PPM. This seems significant to me as I've never really tested much above 5PPM and also because my tap is 5PPM and I just replaced @ 95% of the water yesterday. Maybe the conversion is happening. Should I just dose the NH3 to 1 or 2 PPM for a couple days before stepping it back up to 4PPM?