Impulse09
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Oct 18, 2011
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Hi all,
I just bought a 29 gallon 3 weeks ago. I was first unaware of cycling when I first purchased my 6 peppered cory catfish. I think my tank was cycled after about 15 days because my ammonia shot up a little and my nitrites was sky high. I kept doing water changes to keep down the toxins but they were still high. I dosed it with prime to help my fish get through this. So after the prime my nitrites were zero and ammonia was zero. I had some nitrate about 40 ppm. I think my tap has about 20ppm in it to start with. So it was stable for a few days so I went to the store to buy some more fish. I bought 3 diamond tetras and 2 german blue rams. about a day or two later I have between 0-.25 ppm nitrite. I did a 25% water change last night and the level went down a little but it is still the same today. I think it mini cycled. I am hoping it will go away on its own. If it goes a little higher I am going to use prime again. If anyone wants to comment on my situation go ahead. I am going to wait to add anymore fish.
I also want to know if I can get more fish.
Right now I have 6 peppered cory catfish, 3 diamond tetras, and 2 german blue rams. I wanted to get 2 more rams, 8-10 neon tetras, and a bristlnose pleco. My tank had 2 amazon swords, a java fern, a piece of driftwood and some rocks, my filter is a penguin 250 with the biowheel.
thanks
I just bought a 29 gallon 3 weeks ago. I was first unaware of cycling when I first purchased my 6 peppered cory catfish. I think my tank was cycled after about 15 days because my ammonia shot up a little and my nitrites was sky high. I kept doing water changes to keep down the toxins but they were still high. I dosed it with prime to help my fish get through this. So after the prime my nitrites were zero and ammonia was zero. I had some nitrate about 40 ppm. I think my tap has about 20ppm in it to start with. So it was stable for a few days so I went to the store to buy some more fish. I bought 3 diamond tetras and 2 german blue rams. about a day or two later I have between 0-.25 ppm nitrite. I did a 25% water change last night and the level went down a little but it is still the same today. I think it mini cycled. I am hoping it will go away on its own. If it goes a little higher I am going to use prime again. If anyone wants to comment on my situation go ahead. I am going to wait to add anymore fish.
I also want to know if I can get more fish.
Right now I have 6 peppered cory catfish, 3 diamond tetras, and 2 german blue rams. I wanted to get 2 more rams, 8-10 neon tetras, and a bristlnose pleco. My tank had 2 amazon swords, a java fern, a piece of driftwood and some rocks, my filter is a penguin 250 with the biowheel.
thanks