JesseMoreira06
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Feb 9, 2017
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Hey*Everyone my name is Jesse, I'm completely new to the whole aquarium game but out of nowhere got so interested and started doing lots of research. I thought I new about the whole*nitrogen cycle*but I guess not. Here is my problem and where I need help, tank was cycling got a reading of*
ammonia*0.25 PPM (realised after I was dumb)
nitrite*0 ppm
nitrate*10ppm-20ppm
So I decided to add 2 Cory catfish
Now I waited a couple hours and did another test and is now reading
Ammonia 0.50ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
And nitrate 10ppm- 20ppm
Basically im guessing my tank was never actually done the cycle cause it was 0.25 which I only realised afterwards was still to high. Should I switch to*prime? (Currently I'm using nutrafin aquaPlus). Should I perform a*water change?*
Any help would be appreciate, I don't know if I'm hurting Baggett and Francois ( my 2 newly aquired Cory fish ). They seem to be moving a lot swimming like crazy, like they have so much energy and every so often they go up and gulp for air (every 5 min or so)*
Thanks in advance*
P.s I'm new to this forum to.
ammonia*0.25 PPM (realised after I was dumb)
nitrite*0 ppm
nitrate*10ppm-20ppm
So I decided to add 2 Cory catfish
Now I waited a couple hours and did another test and is now reading
Ammonia 0.50ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
And nitrate 10ppm- 20ppm
Basically im guessing my tank was never actually done the cycle cause it was 0.25 which I only realised afterwards was still to high. Should I switch to*prime? (Currently I'm using nutrafin aquaPlus). Should I perform a*water change?*
Any help would be appreciate, I don't know if I'm hurting Baggett and Francois ( my 2 newly aquired Cory fish ). They seem to be moving a lot swimming like crazy, like they have so much energy and every so often they go up and gulp for air (every 5 min or so)*
Thanks in advance*
P.s I'm new to this forum to.