I assume your cycling the tank? If so are you doing a fish in or fishless cycling? If your doing a fish in cycling those are bad numbers.
ive had my fish tank since may, i have fish in it, i have been doing 50%water change every week to 10 days, i have one large plec, 2 silver dollars, the rest are 1inch long tetras, of different kinds, 12 of them, ive already been told the tank is overstocked.
i got a different filter just over a week ago, as the last one broke.
this is the first time i have tested the water, and it is really difficult to get an accurate colour reading, which is why, in another post, i was asking about electronic testers, but as they are WAY out of my price league, ill pass on one of them and go by my not so good eyesight...purple is purple, orange is orange...put it in the shade and its a whole different colour!
cycle...no...fishless cycle...no.
i read the instructions on the kit and yep, all is well and good them telling you what to do and what it should be...but they dont say how to fix it if it is wrong...
i am
completely new to fish keeping, which is why im posting this.
can you tell me how the readings are bad...or at least how to fix...instead of just saying them numbers are bad.