Scottishnewbie
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Hi everybody, I have a trigon 190l tank with 10 neons, 10 zebra danios, 2 corys, 2 clown plecs and a Siamese fighter (betta?).
I thought my tank was cycled as I had no ammonia, no nitrites and 5 nitrate.
This last week the ammonia readings have been as follows
Day 1- 0.25
50% pwc
0.5!!!! Later that night
Day 2- 0.25
50% pwc
0.25 later that night
Day 3- 0.25
75% pwc
0.25 later tonight
There are no dead fish, rotten plants, uneaten food etc
I use prime in the untreated water before adding to the tank.
I change the top White poly filter every 2 days. The other sponges I rinse every week or so in tank water that I have taken out for pwc's.
I'm using the api ammonia test kit.
Other readings are ph 7
Temperature 27
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
What am I doing wrong??
I thought my tank was cycled as I had no ammonia, no nitrites and 5 nitrate.
This last week the ammonia readings have been as follows
Day 1- 0.25
50% pwc
0.5!!!! Later that night
Day 2- 0.25
50% pwc
0.25 later that night
Day 3- 0.25
75% pwc
0.25 later tonight
There are no dead fish, rotten plants, uneaten food etc
I use prime in the untreated water before adding to the tank.
I change the top White poly filter every 2 days. The other sponges I rinse every week or so in tank water that I have taken out for pwc's.
I'm using the api ammonia test kit.
Other readings are ph 7
Temperature 27
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
What am I doing wrong??