Bandolierbabe
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I started a 12g Fluval edge one week ago today. I am interested in having red Cherry Shrimp. I had a 2g tank that was 2 yrs old and was full of Anubas, Java fern, Java moss, lg mossimo moss ball plus good sized chunks of driftwood and a number of snails. I transferred all the things from the small tank and placed them in the Fluval edge. I used about 1 cup of the gravel and stratum and transferred the filter media to the new filter. I also used about a gallon of the old tank water.
My starting parameters with the Fluval edge was TDS 152, ph 7.4, gh 4.0, KH 6, temp 76-77F. I have added a number of larger plants (corkscrew Val, water wisteria, penny wort, and some dwarf hairgrass). I've added a Hagen co2 generator that is producing about 2 bubbles per minute now and an airstone at night. I forgot to mention I have 3 zebra danios in the tank.
I had a bacterial bloom about 2 days after starting but it cleared in about a day. I have tested the ammonia and have not had an amonia spike yet.
Today, after seven days ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all zero. My ph is still 7.4.
Is this tank doing anything? Is this possibly a silent cycle? Should I do something more? I don't plan on putting shrimp in for at least 4 weeks no matter what. I plan to just wait a few weeks and continue watch the parameters. Not change anything except 20 percent water changes weekly or more often if ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates begin to spike.
Is that a good plan? Please don't dog me for using fish, too late to change that, a friend is taking the danios before I add shrimp.
Thanks for any good advice.
My starting parameters with the Fluval edge was TDS 152, ph 7.4, gh 4.0, KH 6, temp 76-77F. I have added a number of larger plants (corkscrew Val, water wisteria, penny wort, and some dwarf hairgrass). I've added a Hagen co2 generator that is producing about 2 bubbles per minute now and an airstone at night. I forgot to mention I have 3 zebra danios in the tank.
I had a bacterial bloom about 2 days after starting but it cleared in about a day. I have tested the ammonia and have not had an amonia spike yet.
Today, after seven days ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all zero. My ph is still 7.4.
Is this tank doing anything? Is this possibly a silent cycle? Should I do something more? I don't plan on putting shrimp in for at least 4 weeks no matter what. I plan to just wait a few weeks and continue watch the parameters. Not change anything except 20 percent water changes weekly or more often if ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates begin to spike.
Is that a good plan? Please don't dog me for using fish, too late to change that, a friend is taking the danios before I add shrimp.
Thanks for any good advice.
