36 gallon freshwater with plants and wood, filter, air stone, heater.
My tank is still new and cycling. The first week I planted the tank and had the filter running. (I didn't know at the time that I could have cycled the tank using bottled ammonia) A week later I added 6 Neon Tetras and started testing the waters using API Freshwater Master Test Kit. A couple days later those fish died, so I added 6 more Tetras. When those also died a couple of days later I went to the internet and discovered Tetras are not the hardiest for cycling a tank. I got 6 Zebra Danios. Even though the internet said they were hardy, they also died. I replaced them with 6 White Cloud Mountain Minnows, who are still alive and I would really love to keep them that way. All of them were/are fed twice a day, morning and evening.
I have been testing my pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrates every day since I first added fish. My pH has been in the range of 7.4-7.8 for 15 days. Yesterday it was reading 7.4-7.6. Today when I tested it had jumped to 8.0. Why is it suddenly so high?
The last partial water change I did was on Sunday. I added AquaSafe Plus from Tetra to my tap water. I have been adding Stability by Seachem every day since I got the Danios. I added the Minnows on Monday, which is the last change I have made in my tank. Today is Thursday. The Minnows are still eating well and active. I was planning on doing a partial water change tomorrow (Friday).
For those interested (I don't know if it's important) these are the results of the last 7 days of water tests:
Friday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0
Saturday: Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25
Sunday: pH 7.8, Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Monday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Tuesday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Wednesday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Thursday: pH 8.0, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
My tank is still new and cycling. The first week I planted the tank and had the filter running. (I didn't know at the time that I could have cycled the tank using bottled ammonia) A week later I added 6 Neon Tetras and started testing the waters using API Freshwater Master Test Kit. A couple days later those fish died, so I added 6 more Tetras. When those also died a couple of days later I went to the internet and discovered Tetras are not the hardiest for cycling a tank. I got 6 Zebra Danios. Even though the internet said they were hardy, they also died. I replaced them with 6 White Cloud Mountain Minnows, who are still alive and I would really love to keep them that way. All of them were/are fed twice a day, morning and evening.
I have been testing my pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrates every day since I first added fish. My pH has been in the range of 7.4-7.8 for 15 days. Yesterday it was reading 7.4-7.6. Today when I tested it had jumped to 8.0. Why is it suddenly so high?
The last partial water change I did was on Sunday. I added AquaSafe Plus from Tetra to my tap water. I have been adding Stability by Seachem every day since I got the Danios. I added the Minnows on Monday, which is the last change I have made in my tank. Today is Thursday. The Minnows are still eating well and active. I was planning on doing a partial water change tomorrow (Friday).
For those interested (I don't know if it's important) these are the results of the last 7 days of water tests:
Friday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0
Saturday: Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25
Sunday: pH 7.8, Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Monday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia .25, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Tuesday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Wednesday: pH 7.4-7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0
Thursday: pH 8.0, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25, Nitrate 0