Recent content by MaxK002

Did a full water change earlier. Couldn’t get 100 percent water out but almost all of it. Less than a cup less left from previous water. Rinsed filter media which was brown from I’m for certain the root tabs that dissolved on the surface. Tested about 4 hours after I finished and ammonia came...

I do have some live plants which may be the cause. I also suspect the root tabs may have contributed to this since some of them rose out of the sand and dissolved on the surface of the sand. I will do a complete change of the water and monitor the ammonia. I do have ammonia coming in tomorrow...

Alright I’ve tested my conditioned tap water. Results: Ph 7-7.2 Nitrate is 10 ppm Nitrite is .5 ppm Total Ammonia is less than .2 I’ve also just tested my aquariums total ammonia and the test showed 4ppm. Aquarium also has a ph of 7.6-7.8 .

Good to hear about the nitrate. I will go ahead and condition some of my tap water and report back later with the results. Thanks!

I have a reply responding to your previous reply incoming including a link to the water quality report. Just needs to be approved since I’m a new user. Just another quick question, will the bacteria feed off of ammonium itself? Or do they only feed on pure ammonia?

I was thinking it was a very high reading as well but I’ve double checked with the 2 different tests and it seems to be accurate. I found the water quality report here “ https://www.cityofkeller.com/home/showpublisheddocument/27234/637877724257470000 “. I was also worried about the water change...

I understand now. I was confused if ammonium made a difference or not. My ph is around 8 using the judging from the api test. I do have an ammonia API test kit so I will use that from now on to measure total ammonia. The ammonia on the API test measures really high at 4 ppm, and I have not...

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I don’t have anyone to borrow some filter media from. And it’s a fishless cycle It has been going for about 4 weeks. My tap water is very strange. There is 0 ammonia but lots of NH4+ ( ammonium ) which I read is not harmful to fish. So I may test my tap...

My tap water contains chloramine which I know leaves behind ammonia after using water conditioner. I’m currently trying to cycle my new 10 gallon tank. I have been testing ammonia levels using the api test kit, however I have seen no drop in the ammonia level or rise in nitrites or nitrates...