nicolea
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so for anyone who bothers to take the time to help me, i thank you in advance!
im still a little unclear on what to do at this point.
heres my history: 36 gallon up and running w argonite and live rock for about 2 weeks now. Put a raw shrimp in to cycle; had an ammonia spike to 8 with the shrimp only being in for max 4-5 days. took shrimp out and 24hrs later my ammonia was already back down to 0-0.25. IS THIS NORMAL?
Also I am having trouble with the colors on the API Test Kit; which Ill get back to. As for the readings today i think im at: pH 7.8 ITES 1.0 ATES 40 AMMONIA .50 --- Does
anyone recommend a better testing kit? the colors are very hard to tell whats going on.
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With the ammonia going down so quickly; im concerned the tank didnt cycle properly. Should I dose the tank with pure ammonia from a hardware store?
Or should I try the bottled bacteria and run it that way ?
Ive used a pH upper to get my pH up bc its been 7.8 for awhile. i tried moving the power head w no change. Im thinking this testing kit sucks.
Im kind of lost at this point bc i dont know if the tank had its spikes and if im just waiting for the ites and ates and ammonia to zero out. PLZ HELP
heres a pic of the colors from yesterday that i was kind of unsure of what the readings were.
I know my ammonia has to be at 0 as well as nitrites; pH 8.0-8.2? what should my nitrates be at?
im still a little unclear on what to do at this point.
heres my history: 36 gallon up and running w argonite and live rock for about 2 weeks now. Put a raw shrimp in to cycle; had an ammonia spike to 8 with the shrimp only being in for max 4-5 days. took shrimp out and 24hrs later my ammonia was already back down to 0-0.25. IS THIS NORMAL?
Also I am having trouble with the colors on the API Test Kit; which Ill get back to. As for the readings today i think im at: pH 7.8 ITES 1.0 ATES 40 AMMONIA .50 --- Does
anyone recommend a better testing kit? the colors are very hard to tell whats going on.
/
With the ammonia going down so quickly; im concerned the tank didnt cycle properly. Should I dose the tank with pure ammonia from a hardware store?
Or should I try the bottled bacteria and run it that way ?
Ive used a pH upper to get my pH up bc its been 7.8 for awhile. i tried moving the power head w no change. Im thinking this testing kit sucks.
Im kind of lost at this point bc i dont know if the tank had its spikes and if im just waiting for the ites and ates and ammonia to zero out. PLZ HELP
heres a pic of the colors from yesterday that i was kind of unsure of what the readings were.
I know my ammonia has to be at 0 as well as nitrites; pH 8.0-8.2? what should my nitrates be at?