Watsonja4
Aquarium Advice Activist
Ok guys so I'm a week in to cycling my 45g and I already am dropping around 2.0ppm ammonia in 24 hours with small amounts of nitrites and nitrates starting to read. I added Tetra safe start at beginning since I could not get my hands on any seed material, so far it seems to be working. My problem is my well water is showing 1.0ppm ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates and 8.2ph with API master kit, I tested some bottled water to see if my ammonia test was good and it showed 0 ammonia so my well definitely has ammonia. Will this reading ever drop to zero or will 1.0 be the lowest it will ever be? I been dosing my tank back to 4.0ppm everyday should I stop this and see if it will drop to zero? My final question is I was planning to have German blue Rams, Cardinal tetras, Cory cats, and swordtails, will they acclimate to the high ph? Background on the well is it roughly 5 years old, 270ft deep, and no water softener or filters.
Thanks in advance for the input.
Thanks in advance for the input.