LozzyBear
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2012
- Messages
- 26
Hello everyone,
I'm currently doing a fishless cycle of my tank.
When I first started I was recommended test strips to test my water quality and such. Since coming in here however, I was told I should get the API liquid tester which is fantastic!
Only problem is, the test strips were telling me I had 4ppi ammonia already, but when I got the liquid one, it was only a tiny amount of ammonia in it.
This means I've been wasting time on cycling!
Anyway, I've put 4ppi in now, (I'm following the guide on this website) and waiting for some nitrates to show s the ammonia did drop a little.
However! Algae has started to bloom on my tank, so i cleaned it off of the glass. It's come back now, and this morning when checking the ammonia levels and cleaning out dead plant leaves, (my family turned the light off when I was away so the plants are dying now ) I thought I saw a bubble of air stuck to the glass. On closer inspection it looks like a snail?!
And since I've noticed these I've noticed more, but smaller sizes. They look like snails, but I haven't added anything to the tank other than plants. I've read around and people ave said you can get the snails from live plants, which I have... Should I get rid of them or when my cycle is complete, will me fish eat them? or will they come out when I change the water?
I'm currently doing a fishless cycle of my tank.
When I first started I was recommended test strips to test my water quality and such. Since coming in here however, I was told I should get the API liquid tester which is fantastic!
Only problem is, the test strips were telling me I had 4ppi ammonia already, but when I got the liquid one, it was only a tiny amount of ammonia in it.
This means I've been wasting time on cycling!
Anyway, I've put 4ppi in now, (I'm following the guide on this website) and waiting for some nitrates to show s the ammonia did drop a little.
However! Algae has started to bloom on my tank, so i cleaned it off of the glass. It's come back now, and this morning when checking the ammonia levels and cleaning out dead plant leaves, (my family turned the light off when I was away so the plants are dying now ) I thought I saw a bubble of air stuck to the glass. On closer inspection it looks like a snail?!
And since I've noticed these I've noticed more, but smaller sizes. They look like snails, but I haven't added anything to the tank other than plants. I've read around and people ave said you can get the snails from live plants, which I have... Should I get rid of them or when my cycle is complete, will me fish eat them? or will they come out when I change the water?