cat8
Aquarium Advice Newbie
this is kinda a question and a log of what my 55g freshwater tank is doing during the fishless cycle w food Ive been doing.......here it goes,
Set-up---------
55g freshwater tank
Eheim 200w submersible heater
Marineland C360 canister filter(carbon in)
Air pump w bulb wand attached
Black epoxy coated gravel 40#( have 20# more that i havent added)
temp- 79.5f right now.
Food----
used wardley tropical flake for first 2 weeks, then switched to cichlid crisps these last 2 weeks(didnt document when i switched food type, oops!)((also didnt measure exact amount of food i was adding, just tapped some into the lid, probably a mounded dime size at first for the flake, then a mounded quarter size when i started adding double the amount of food-with the flake only)
Tank up and running 3/27 added dime size amounts of food everyday but didnt start testing till 4/3
4/3-1xfood, a-0.50. ni-0
4/4-1x food, a-0.50,
4/5-1x food,a-0.50, ni-0, na-0
4/6.......
4/7-2x food, a-0.50~1.0, ni-0
4/8-1x food, a-0.50~1.0, ni-0
4/9-2x food, a-1.0, ni-0
4/10-2x food, a-1~2, ni-^0
4/11-2x food, a-1~2, ni-0~0.25
4/12-2x food, a-2~4, ni-0.25?
4/13......
4/14.......
4/15-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/16-2x food, a-2~4, ni-0.25, na-0
4/18-1.5x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/19-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25~0.50, na-0
switched food somewhere close to here
4/20-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/26-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25
4/29-0 food,a-2~4, ni-0.50~1, na-^0
4/30-2x food, a-2~4, ni-5
5/2-0 food, a-0.25~0.50, ni-^5, na-20
5/3-0 food,a-^o, ni-^5, na-10~20
5/4-2x food,a-^o,ni-^5, na-10~20
5/7-2x food, a-^0, ni-^5, na-10~20
and that brings us to today. now do i need to do any pwc because im getting high amounts of nitrates now or what? i hope everyone can understand what ive wrote in my above testing log.I have also only tested my ph one time in the very begining and i never even recorded what it was.......help with advice on what to do now?????
*API master test kit being used
Set-up---------
55g freshwater tank
Eheim 200w submersible heater
Marineland C360 canister filter(carbon in)
Air pump w bulb wand attached
Black epoxy coated gravel 40#( have 20# more that i havent added)
temp- 79.5f right now.
Food----
used wardley tropical flake for first 2 weeks, then switched to cichlid crisps these last 2 weeks(didnt document when i switched food type, oops!)((also didnt measure exact amount of food i was adding, just tapped some into the lid, probably a mounded dime size at first for the flake, then a mounded quarter size when i started adding double the amount of food-with the flake only)
Tank up and running 3/27 added dime size amounts of food everyday but didnt start testing till 4/3
4/3-1xfood, a-0.50. ni-0
4/4-1x food, a-0.50,
4/5-1x food,a-0.50, ni-0, na-0
4/6.......
4/7-2x food, a-0.50~1.0, ni-0
4/8-1x food, a-0.50~1.0, ni-0
4/9-2x food, a-1.0, ni-0
4/10-2x food, a-1~2, ni-^0
4/11-2x food, a-1~2, ni-0~0.25
4/12-2x food, a-2~4, ni-0.25?
4/13......
4/14.......
4/15-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/16-2x food, a-2~4, ni-0.25, na-0
4/18-1.5x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/19-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25~0.50, na-0
switched food somewhere close to here
4/20-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25, na-0
4/26-2x food, a-2, ni-0.25
4/29-0 food,a-2~4, ni-0.50~1, na-^0
4/30-2x food, a-2~4, ni-5
5/2-0 food, a-0.25~0.50, ni-^5, na-20
5/3-0 food,a-^o, ni-^5, na-10~20
5/4-2x food,a-^o,ni-^5, na-10~20
5/7-2x food, a-^0, ni-^5, na-10~20
and that brings us to today. now do i need to do any pwc because im getting high amounts of nitrates now or what? i hope everyone can understand what ive wrote in my above testing log.I have also only tested my ph one time in the very begining and i never even recorded what it was.......help with advice on what to do now?????
*API master test kit being used
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