PBrods
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Dec 5, 2011
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I have a 46g tank. I started a fishless cycle over a month ago. I have sand, rocks, fake plants, one java fern and one Anubis plant. I added 3/4 teaspoon of salt per 10 gallons... My tap and tank Ph is 8.1...... The ammonia went down and now my nitrites have been going down. My nitrates are off the chart. The other day, I had 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites so I added enough ammonia to get 4ppm. I tested my water last night and it had 0.5 ammonia and 0 nitrites. For the heck of it, I tested the ph again...... It was off the chart low, past 6.0...I did a 25g water change and that brought my ph to 6.4... My tap water is 8.2... What the heck happened?????????