Hello
I recently purchased a new 55gallon fish tank. Set it up. Hob filter, bubble wand, gravel, temp 80-82 degrees, keeping off the lights. Added water conditioner and some bacteria in a bottle. My tap water is reads 1.0 on the API color card. I added about 7mls of pure ammonia from ace hardware store. Tested water and results were between 4 and 5 on the API card. A few days ago I noticed a strange smell. It's like a dirty musty smell. it's been about 9 days. I don't have media from an established fish tank. The only thing I did was three days after I started I changed one of my filter cartridges to a filter pad and some ceramic balls. Left the other filter cartridge in place. My ammonia reading has stayed at 4, no nitrites or nitrates. I'm I doing things right? Should I add a little more ammonia? Shouldn't I see some nitrites by now? Any suggestion would be great coz I'm totally new to this.
Thanks.
I recently purchased a new 55gallon fish tank. Set it up. Hob filter, bubble wand, gravel, temp 80-82 degrees, keeping off the lights. Added water conditioner and some bacteria in a bottle. My tap water is reads 1.0 on the API color card. I added about 7mls of pure ammonia from ace hardware store. Tested water and results were between 4 and 5 on the API card. A few days ago I noticed a strange smell. It's like a dirty musty smell. it's been about 9 days. I don't have media from an established fish tank. The only thing I did was three days after I started I changed one of my filter cartridges to a filter pad and some ceramic balls. Left the other filter cartridge in place. My ammonia reading has stayed at 4, no nitrites or nitrates. I'm I doing things right? Should I add a little more ammonia? Shouldn't I see some nitrites by now? Any suggestion would be great coz I'm totally new to this.
Thanks.
