Zuzkots
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Feb 3, 2013
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I'm currently in the middle of a fishless cycle on my 200l tank. I'm adding ammonia and using the "add and wait" method. My water is stained with tannins from my driftwood at the moment (boiled and soaked previously). I'm adding a picture of before and after to give you an idea on the colour of the water. I was just wondering, to what extent will my test results for ammonia be affected by the orange colour of the water? I did a large water change before for the same reason and brought the ammonia back up to 4ppm but it took two weeks for it to drop again, whereas before the water change it was dropping 1ppm/day. Should I keep going with the orange water and do a WC at the end of the cycle, or will if affect my test results readings?