Well I started my 20 gallon up with 5 tiger barbs around June 10th. And with some seed media from the LFS I ended up getting totally cycled by the end of June(30th to be exact). I went through the Ammonia and Nitrite spike between those dates, and ended up with around 10-20 Nitrates and 0 Ammonia & Nitrites by the time June 30th rolled around.
Well this past week I left to visit my parents over the weekend, and I came back and as usual I tested all the water for every level just to make sure everything is alright.
I came back to find a small trace of ammonia in my 20 gallon with 5 tiger barbs and 2 otos. 0.25 is what its measuring. I haven't touched anything, only thing I could think of was maybe the zucchini I had put in for the otos did something to the water. So I took it out and did a 50% water change, and the next day I checked it again - and 0.25 registered again.
I am at a loss for what the problem could be, the only thing that changed has been a die off of Anacharis when I was doing the heat treatment for ick. But I still have a couple of stems in good shape. Other then that, nothing has changed.
Any idea what this could be? I was planning on doing a huge water change this afternoon to see if I can rid the ammonia.
Readings as of now:
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-20
pH: 7.4
Well this past week I left to visit my parents over the weekend, and I came back and as usual I tested all the water for every level just to make sure everything is alright.
I came back to find a small trace of ammonia in my 20 gallon with 5 tiger barbs and 2 otos. 0.25 is what its measuring. I haven't touched anything, only thing I could think of was maybe the zucchini I had put in for the otos did something to the water. So I took it out and did a 50% water change, and the next day I checked it again - and 0.25 registered again.
I am at a loss for what the problem could be, the only thing that changed has been a die off of Anacharis when I was doing the heat treatment for ick. But I still have a couple of stems in good shape. Other then that, nothing has changed.
Any idea what this could be? I was planning on doing a huge water change this afternoon to see if I can rid the ammonia.
Readings as of now:
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-20
pH: 7.4