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thanks for that. i do want to try again. but will need alot of advice me thinks and i dont wanna be puttin fish in until right. not sure if im gonna carry on with filter or just go with water tho.
PH 6.6
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5.0
I have not noticed a change in the nitrite but i did not check everyday when I got it cos the books said weekly.(another mistake)
It has gravel in the bottom. Im not cleaning anything in the tank with any products.
The plant I have in is egeria densa and...
Just tested today and its. PH 6.6 and ammonia gone back to 1.0. what am I doing wrong???? gave the fish more food. it dont bother with it. has a flake then goes back to its corner.doesnt come right up to get it either. is my filter tooo slow. too fast. don't understand at all!
thank you very much for your advice. i use tap water with API tap water conditioner and API stress coat.
I use the API master kit to test. I wasnt checking every day. do you advise to check everyday?
The media is penn plax yes. I've tested again today and everything is the same except ammonia has gone down to 0.5.
So do I do anotther water change or should I just leave it today cos the PH still low.
The bloomin pet shop told me to do 1 flake a day because they told me 2 flakes last time and...
yeah. been doing it for the last 2 weeks.ammonia going up and down
and now that I have been doing 50% water changes to get it down, the PH has gone down too. Argh!
Readings before a 50% change today were
PH 6.4
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrate5.0
Nitrite 0
and I feed 1 flake once a day
thanks for that. I've done the water change now. my fish didn't look too happy today and ammonia shot to 2.0. don't hold out much hope. would you recommend a 50% water change every day and should I stop feeding. If so for how long. Sorry to be a nuisance!
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I have a 16 litre tank. had 1 fish for 3 weeks and the tank set up for 2 weeks before. The filter is looking dirty now. I have read something on here that says to sit a new filter in the fish tank for a while first.Is this right? Already lost 1 fish so scared of doing anything now. Also for...
I have a recently set up 10 gallon tank. about 3 weeks old. It has one goldfish in. Its been in about 5 days. When would be the best time to do a 10 percent water change? The shop told me every week but they also told me I could put a fish in a cloudy tank and hey ho it died. So levels are all...