tinman
Aquarium Advice Regular
Ok this is day 12 for my new tank. I have 2 damsels in a 10ga with 3 lbs of LR, 1 pound of LS(from established tank) over CC bed, 10 pounds of base rock, skilter 250 filter, and 2 snails that hitch hiked with the sand.The first day I set it up and added the substrate and base rock I put a filter(no charcoal been running in FW tank for over a month) from my barb FW tank in the skilter to get some bacteria going. then day 2 I added the LR, LS, and fish. At that point I took the FW filter back out. EVERYTHING seems great, crystal clear water, Brown algae has taken over the live and base rock and even some of the substrate....I was told this was normal for a new tank. I have been checking the AM, PH, NI, NA every night.
PH- 8.2
AM- 0
NI - 0
NA - 25
Salinity - 32
Gravity - 1.023-024
My question is why have I yet to see ammonia spike. It went up to 2 but fell back down 2 days ago.
thanks in advance ,
KRIS 8O
PH- 8.2
AM- 0
NI - 0
NA - 25
Salinity - 32
Gravity - 1.023-024
My question is why have I yet to see ammonia spike. It went up to 2 but fell back down 2 days ago.
thanks in advance ,
KRIS 8O