I'm two weeks into a seeded cycle of a 55 gallon and added 3 Molly fish a couple of days ago. My nitrites have quickly gone down to zero and nitrates are at 10ppm but my ammonia keeps coming in at 0.25-0.50 (it's so hard to tell with the colours). I just tested my regular water and it's the exact same as the tank water... so obviously there is ammonia in the water to begin with. I tested my other tank (20 gallon) and the ammonia is 0.
I'm just so worried I put the fish in too soon and now I'm going to kill them. Especially because after 24 hours after getting them one of them popped out a baby who is now swimming around a breeder net (I assume there were more before I saw the little guy).
Should I move the baby in the breeder net to my other tank? Should I move all the fish to the other tank until it has fully cycled? Ah! Please help me, I feel like I keep messing up.
(p.s. I also found tiny snails which obviously hitchhiked on my plants... I expected an eco system but I feel like at this rate I might find a mermaid in there tomorrow)
I'm just so worried I put the fish in too soon and now I'm going to kill them. Especially because after 24 hours after getting them one of them popped out a baby who is now swimming around a breeder net (I assume there were more before I saw the little guy).
Should I move the baby in the breeder net to my other tank? Should I move all the fish to the other tank until it has fully cycled? Ah! Please help me, I feel like I keep messing up.
(p.s. I also found tiny snails which obviously hitchhiked on my plants... I expected an eco system but I feel like at this rate I might find a mermaid in there tomorrow)