stubby_knight
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
It is day 15 of getting my tank started
fish2:in cycle).
I am having a lot of trouble stabilizing my tank. The PH this morning rose to 7.8 and ammonia level rose to almost 1.0.
I also tested nitrite levels and each time it was 0, like the tank has no good bacteria whatsoever.
So I bought API PH down. Also bought API stressZymes+. This is also suppose to introduce the good bacteria that we want in our tank. But for both of these I have to wait before using them again and neither seemed to have had any affect. I plan to do another PWC tomorrow as that is affective at reducing the ammonia levels. I have also reduced feeding schedule to once every 2 days (I was feeding them daily).
So this brings me to my question.
I only have 1 plant in this tank. Can I, should I consider adding more plants?
What kind of plants?
I am having a lot of trouble stabilizing my tank. The PH this morning rose to 7.8 and ammonia level rose to almost 1.0.
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So I bought API PH down. Also bought API stressZymes+. This is also suppose to introduce the good bacteria that we want in our tank. But for both of these I have to wait before using them again and neither seemed to have had any affect. I plan to do another PWC tomorrow as that is affective at reducing the ammonia levels. I have also reduced feeding schedule to once every 2 days (I was feeding them daily).
So this brings me to my question.
I only have 1 plant in this tank. Can I, should I consider adding more plants?
What kind of plants?