iamn0angel
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi,
I have a 20 gallon non-planted tank that has been running about 10 weeks now. It has had 3 white cloud minnows in it since the beginning. I have been doing 10-20% water changes weekly to bi-weekly. I do not overfeed the fish.
My ammonia spiked at 4 then started going back down but I have never had a reading on nitrate or nitrite. I was using the API liquid test ammonia kit but the Tetra strip kit for the rest of the tests. I thought maybe that was the problem and ordered the API master liquid kit but I still get a 0,0 reading on nitrates and nitrites. My ammonia was hovering at 0.5 for several weeks but just tested it today and it is 0.25. I don't understand what is going on. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks so much!
**Don't know if it matters but I have a Marineland Penguin 30-50 gallon filter and the water temp is 78 degrees.
I have a 20 gallon non-planted tank that has been running about 10 weeks now. It has had 3 white cloud minnows in it since the beginning. I have been doing 10-20% water changes weekly to bi-weekly. I do not overfeed the fish.
My ammonia spiked at 4 then started going back down but I have never had a reading on nitrate or nitrite. I was using the API liquid test ammonia kit but the Tetra strip kit for the rest of the tests. I thought maybe that was the problem and ordered the API master liquid kit but I still get a 0,0 reading on nitrates and nitrites. My ammonia was hovering at 0.5 for several weeks but just tested it today and it is 0.25. I don't understand what is going on. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks so much!
**Don't know if it matters but I have a Marineland Penguin 30-50 gallon filter and the water temp is 78 degrees.
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