Mae140
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello again everyone,
I've been struggling with ammonia for awhile in my tank, mainly due to the fact that it never cycled properly.Yesterday I did a full cleanout as my ammonia levels were off the charts (literally; the test was dark blue) and got the levels down to 1 ppm (my fish are sitting outside in two 10 gallon tanks). When I woke up this morning the level had risen to 2 ppm.
Tank:
55 long
Flora-max and standard gravel at bottom
Emperor 400 hob filter
Secondhand Eheim professional 2 canister filter (I got it off craigslist a few weeks ago. Was previously used in sw).
Levels:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 2 ppm
Nitrates: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
The temp is low since there's no heater in it; both of mine went to keeping the 10g tanks warm overnight.
Fish:
1 female adult angelfish
2 juvenile bala sharks
1 adult golden dojo loach
1 adult khuli loach
1 juvenile peacock eel
My fish are all large so I can't leave them in the 10g's (There's really no filtration going into them; just moving water), there's also a heatwave coming over the next three days where the temps outside will reach 90-95 F (New York). I have an uncycled 20 long I can put them in while I wait for the 55 to cycle, what do you guys think about that idea? Also, can I add the bala sharks to the 55g to help it cycle?
The 10g's are also holding all my live plants as well as fish. The stock of plants is mainly a massive amount of red ludwigia (it just keeps growing and I feel bad about throwing plants away).
I know plants primarily absorb some of the nitrates in the tank, but what about ammonia? Are there specific plants I can buy and put in the tanks that will help with lowering it?
I've been struggling with ammonia for awhile in my tank, mainly due to the fact that it never cycled properly.Yesterday I did a full cleanout as my ammonia levels were off the charts (literally; the test was dark blue) and got the levels down to 1 ppm (my fish are sitting outside in two 10 gallon tanks). When I woke up this morning the level had risen to 2 ppm.
Tank:
55 long
Flora-max and standard gravel at bottom
Emperor 400 hob filter
Secondhand Eheim professional 2 canister filter (I got it off craigslist a few weeks ago. Was previously used in sw).
Levels:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 2 ppm
Nitrates: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
The temp is low since there's no heater in it; both of mine went to keeping the 10g tanks warm overnight.
Fish:
1 female adult angelfish
2 juvenile bala sharks
1 adult golden dojo loach
1 adult khuli loach
1 juvenile peacock eel
My fish are all large so I can't leave them in the 10g's (There's really no filtration going into them; just moving water), there's also a heatwave coming over the next three days where the temps outside will reach 90-95 F (New York). I have an uncycled 20 long I can put them in while I wait for the 55 to cycle, what do you guys think about that idea? Also, can I add the bala sharks to the 55g to help it cycle?
The 10g's are also holding all my live plants as well as fish. The stock of plants is mainly a massive amount of red ludwigia (it just keeps growing and I feel bad about throwing plants away).
I know plants primarily absorb some of the nitrates in the tank, but what about ammonia? Are there specific plants I can buy and put in the tanks that will help with lowering it?