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okay, so i did a 70% w/c and here are my readings: ph: 6.8-7.0 ammonia: 0 nitrite: definitely more like 5ppm today nitrate: 30ppm i also installed my co2 diffuser today so its dropped my ph slightly.. i have missed my ammonia dosing for today but i will put a few crushed flakes now just to...

hi library girl thanks for the reply ! last year I cycled my 68 litre using the same method, so this time I used some old gravel, water, ornaments and a bit of media from my established set up to start off this cycle :-) I was dosing the level of ammonia to 2ppm but reduced as my nitrites rose...

hello :fish2: okay so my new set up has been running now for 17 days, external filter, planted, heat at 82 degrees, air pump bubbling, fishless cycling with flakes and pure ammonia. for the last 7 days my nitrite has been on or around 5ppm, was a deep fuchsia colour, so did a w/c to prevent...

is my female pregnant ? my other female had fry two days ago only had the fish 4 days so they were bought preggy ! :) when do i move her to the breeding box ?

okay so had a busy weekend with the tank :) the readings have stayed as 0 ammonia and nitrites and nitrates ! so now it is home to 6 cardinal tetras, 2 female platy and a male swordtail and .... 7 platy fry !! :D all is great everyone is eating well and happy :) thank you all so much for your...

I'm going away for the weekend so won't be able to post for a while but will let u know when I can ! :)

:dance: today's results! ammonia- 0 nitrite- 0 nitrate- 10-20ppm ph- 6.8 !! yessss I'm gonna re dose and see if it drops tomorrow !!

little update... ph seems fine, took it in to be checked by LFS's and both said 6.8-7 and seen the colours on the test :/ i also adjusted my air stone as it was making extreme bubbles, temp is up at 82 degrees, nitrite also showing only minute amounts, between 0-0.25 (but definatley closer to a...

today's results! ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0.25ppm nitrate: 10ppm ph.... 6.4 :( okay, just rang my LFS and I may be getting a handful of their crushed coral and see if that helps, I really can't do WC's everyday as I only have buckets and my water supply is 4 rooms away from my tank :( it's too...

okay, is there anything I can do to keep the ph buffered around neutral ? should I invest in a powder buffer?

okay I have had a busy morning ! here are the post-results: ph- 6.3 ammonia- 0 nitrite- 0.50ppm nitrate- 20ppm so I have been out early to my LFS and bought a bigger heater, set it to 80 degrees, did a 75% WC as my ph dropped again, I have re dosed and here are the current ph and ammonia after...

i think im going to have to save the water test till tomorrow morning as i have a busy evening ahead... also turns out that i may have had leftover tap water that made my test tubes inaccurate when testing ph this morning as my ph is now 6.8 again :huh: i will double check in the morning if...

i think your right... i just double checked my ph level again and its at 6.8 so maybe a had off readings this morning? eitherway looks like its all moving in the right direction! :)

okay here are today's results: ammonia- 0 nitrite- 0-0.25ppm nitrate- 5ppm ph... right this is weird, when I first tested the ph on the liquid kit it went bright yellow as soon as the drops went in and did not develop into anything but a bright yellow, I emptied it and retested and it is now...

I am thinking of starting off with small shoaling fish, possibly galaxy rasbora and a few platys and then a group of corys and 2 blue rams last :) all set up for them within the tank just waiting on the perfect conditions :) do you think my cycle is going okay from your own experience? I have...

I never thought a fish tank would give me so much stress and anxiety lol!! JLK is fab she has totally given me faith when I have no idea what is happening (which is a lot of the time!) I just see it as a triumph when I can finally add my fish to a take which I know is safe :) I do have a...

okay thanks for the reply :) so the process that I'm going through now is completely normal?

awww so in other words I am close to fully cycling? :) okay well I dosed back up today so tomorrow I will check my readings again and let u know I can't wait to see zero across the test!!

yeah I feel like the cycle is really close to cycling too that's why I'm unsure of what to do next :( I didn't dose ammonia for 48 hours last week due to high nitrites and up till yesterday ammonia and nitrite were zero, re- dosed to a higher 1-2ppm yesterday and now I've got high nitrite, if...

to add.. I adjusted the temperature down to 25 degrees yesterday too will that affect the results from now on?

okay so here is today's results: ph- 6.8-7 ammonia- 0 nitrite- 2ppm nitrate- 5ppm ( I retested nitrate with new shaking method yesterday and it also came up 5ppm) okay I'm a little lost to what to do next :( how much ammonia do I dose to now? I feel like I'm going to go around in a circle with...

sorry for my over excitement, :lol: i wanted to do this right and i will carry on doing it right by the fish yes sorry was typing on my phone and it tries to correct my spelling constantly, i usually shake the bottles side to side and then bang them onto a hard surface, is there any particular...

awww i am so looking forward to finally adding these fish !! okay, so i dosed to 2-3 today see if they zero out tomorrow, add 4ppm for a few days check if they zero out and then get the fishys? :) i will make sure i do give the nitrate bottle and good long shake tomorrow just to be sure, i...

okay so here are today's readings :):)!! ph: 6.8-7 ammonia- 0! nitrite- 0! nitrate- 0-5ppm!! I'm soo happy!! what to do now? I'm only going to start off with celestial danios and some platys, should I redoes today and see if everything is 0 by tomorrow morning and then get my fish? do I need...

okay so it's 12 hours (give or take) since the last test, I was curious to what the results would be so here they are! :) ph: 6.8-7 ammonia- 0 nitrite- 0-0.25ppm nitrate- 0-5.0ppm :):) I'm thinking that now I need to dose ammonia back up but to what and when? is it best to wait the 24 hours...