And it will literally change over night to nitrate! So keep being patient. Your doing it the right way
Debating to do a RO water change. Thoughts?
I hope so. I put a decent amount of Nite out on it last night and the nitrates only went up. Very confusing.
I wouldn't be adding any chemicals if your cycling. I'd just be doing water changes once your nitrites start to spike abit. 30% should be fine to knock it down nicely. Remember though you don't want to knock out all the ammonia because the bacteria needs this to turn into nitrates.
Don't be fooled by all these products on the market. It's best to deal with problems in the awuarium naturally rather than just bombing them with chemicals
Oh any direct light from your window may end up causing algae problems down the track so keep an eye on it
Here's that video I watched by Dennis Wong.
https://youtu.be/KDdpUe4Olcg
It's about algae and focuses heavily on co2, nutrients and lighting. There's even an experiment that he conducted using bottles of water. Interesting stuff.
Some have you may already have seen it but always worth a watch. His other videos are great too and some of his scapes are breathtaking.
The guide and supporting links about the nitrogen cycle should help clear up what is going on in your tank. It is a long slow process, you're literally growing millions of bacteria from just a few right now.I hope so. I put a decent amount of Nite out on it last night and the nitrates only went up. Very confusing.
Trust me I have already thought about this. No Fresh2o I used well water to fill the tank. And Bert2oo1 it is a brand new tank that I have been keeping a close eye on as far as overloading it with chemicals. I plan on getting nice chiclids and I do not want to spend money on these fish just to have them die due to a nitrite problem. It seems to be hanging right around 2-4ppm and has been like that for a week and a half now. Our ammonia level is great, <.1ppm. I think if I do a 30% change with RO water I agree it should knock it down quite a bit. It is just very frustrating it seems as if Im just stuck.
Bumping this post back up. Still a lot of threads with people talking about getting those big fancy lights.
Anyone looking at high light fixtures needs to read this thread.
DONT waste your money on fancy expensive fixtures. Your money is best spent else where.
Co2 is more important than a bright light.
But but I was just gonna update my thread to tell everyone I was getting a second Chihiros A series fixture to double my lighting. [emoji849]
I got three ray 2 for my 10g anubias tank
Bert your posts are spot on. I preach same thing. I was kidding. Its friday I guess that was wrong of me.
The problem is that the priority is given to light over co2.
Your still right Bert. We don't need nearly as much light as we think. In my case I'm choosing to ramp it up [emoji6]
Bert and caliban are yall on the planted tank forum too ?Im on so many I get confused who is where.