Recent content by Tfat91

Hello everyone, Over the past day or so my Betta fish has been struggling to swim normally. He is spending most of his time lying on the bottom of the tank on his side or upside down. I've tested pH (7.4), nitrite (0), nitrates (20-40ppm) and ammonia (0-0.25ppm). Temperature has been steady at...

I got my API GH and KH test kit today: current tank readings KH turns yellow immediately after 1 drop. Doesn't even turn blue so I'm assuming the KH is around 0ppm. GH 5 drops, so 50-100ppm pH: 6 or less. It dropped again from 7-7.2 (reading 8am yesterday) Tap water: KH 50ppm (3-4drops) GH...

Makes sense, thanks. My pH registered at 6.0 today and ammonia seems stuck at 2.0ppm after 22ish hours. Seems like the low pH stalled the cycle since i was processing 2ppm in 20-24 hours a day or two ago. I just did a 40% water change and will check the water parameters in an hour or two. I...

I have some tap water sitting out so I can test it at 12 and 24 hours for pH and KH/GH however I haven’t really seen this issue of dropping pH until this week. You are correct about the filter. It’s relatively small so it would have to be a very small bag of crushed coral to sit on it and...

GH is 30ppm KH is less than 40ppm, looks closer to 0 on the test strip. As per cuttlefish bone or crushed coral, do you recommend one over the other for a small 2.5g tank?

So todays numbers: 1/28/22 6pm EST ammonia 0.25-.50ppm nitrite: 0ppm nitrate: 40ppm pH 6.4 My pH looks like it dropped from 7-7.2 down to 6.4. So my tank seems to be successfully cycling ammonia but my pH is dropping slightly over a 48 hour period. Is it safe to say cycle complete, and my pH...

Checked my numbers again today 545pm EST 1/27/22 ammonia 0-0.25ppm nitrite: 0ppm nitrate 10-20ppm pH: 7.0-7.2 GH:30 KH:40 Looks like my tank successfully consumed 2.0ppm ammonia in about 20-24 hours. Close to, or at the end of the cycle? I dosed more ammonia just now to see if it can cycle...

Unfortunately I did not and I was just thinking that I should have. I just added ammonia to get back to 2.0ppm and I'll be sure to test again this time tomorrow. It seems like my GH and KH are on the low end in general. The test strips for measuring GH and KH are a bit unreliable so I will look...

Thank you for the quick response. I did a 70-80% water change, adding the appropriate amount of seachem prime per gallon, and retested. ammonia: 0-0.25ppm nitrite:0ppm nitrate: 10-20ppm pH: 7.0 kH: 40-80ppm (using API test strips) This is the first time I have seen the pH crash during this...

Todays update: ammonia: 0.5-1.0ppm nitritre: 0ppm nitrate: 40-80ppm However, my pH dropped to 6, or lower (barely registering yellow on api master test kit) it was around 7.4 on 1/23/22, before redosed my ammonia. The ammonia went up to 4.0ppm after dosing and has been dropping since. Any...

Todays water test showed: pH: 7.4 ammonia 0-0.25ppm nitrite:0 ppm nitrate 40-80ppm This is before I dosed back to 2.0ppm ammonia. I have not seen any nitrites during this fishless cycle.

Appreciate it. Looks like it took about 2 1/2 days for my ammonia to drop from 4ppm down to 0-0.25 (just measured ammonia now). I just dosed back up to 2ppm and will test again tomorrow.

1-20-21 water test results ammonia: .25-.50ppm (always hard to see the color difference) nitrite: 0ppm nitrate: 40-80ppm (again, hard to see difference between the API reds) I added ammonia as per the instructions on the Fritz Fishless Fuel (12 drops total, 2 drops per us gallon) to get it to...

Thank you for the guidance! I'm assuming that's what happened with my nitrites. I cant find any other explanation how nitrates appeared in such large numbers.

Hello everyone, I'm brand new to this forum, and just as new to fishkeeping, so please forgive my ignorance on both subjects! I'm currently trying to perform a fishless cycle for my 2.5g Aqueon Minibow. I filled the tank with some gravel/substrate, a small porcelain hollow rock cave, a live...