99RedSi
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I setup my 10g tank about a month ago next week and was away on vacation for 2 weeks, getting back on election day.
I put a shrimp into the tank the day before I left (one week prior I did the "ammonia" method with household ammonia).
I now have 20 or 40ppm Nitrates in the tank, even after a 25% water change! ahhh! What do I need to get this down to? Since I have nitrates am I fully cycled or is it a spike and I have to continue waiting for it to level off?
I added 5ppm ammonia on Tuesday evening and it's already gone - converted to nitrites and nitrates. Nitrites are at .5ppm.
Where do I go from here? Do a 50% water change and buy some fish?
I put a shrimp into the tank the day before I left (one week prior I did the "ammonia" method with household ammonia).
I now have 20 or 40ppm Nitrates in the tank, even after a 25% water change! ahhh! What do I need to get this down to? Since I have nitrates am I fully cycled or is it a spike and I have to continue waiting for it to level off?
I added 5ppm ammonia on Tuesday evening and it's already gone - converted to nitrites and nitrates. Nitrites are at .5ppm.
Where do I go from here? Do a 50% water change and buy some fish?
