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ammonia 2.0ppm
nitrite 5.0ppm
nitrate less than 5.0ppm
im thinking i just need to do water channges tell the nitrites are gone now. fish in cycle for over a week than added a udes filter pad and this is were im at
Those are pretty high ammonia and trite readings for a fish in cycle. I would do some big water changes to get those numbers down....When I fish in cycled I didn't let my ammonia get above .25 and changed the water soon as the trites changed from blue to purpleish haze. Your cycle will be done when ammonia and trites are 0. Hope this helps!
I added an angel plus active filter when I was cycling my 90gal. It helped it finish the cycle in a week. You still MUST test your water and play by the rules. Just because the filter is in there does not mean it is cycled. From the numbers you gave you are deff. NOT cycled!
ok well water change everyday from now tell wednesday ...just take a guess would it be done by then or close i put a fish on layaway tell then ....iv clearly gotten some bad advise from what im hearing
yes i have five feeders in there with an activ filter the filter has only been in a day an a half so can i do more than one water chnge a day? Its looking like i might need to see if the cn let me wait a little long at the pet store to get my fish...im getting a freshwater eel and i know how sencative they r so ill wait tell water is right but still in a hury
There is no rushing the cycle. You must be patient. I would hold off on the fish and eel. Yes, you can do more then one water change a day, just make sure the temp is matched and you use a good dechlorinator like prime.
The filter you added will help a lot. It depends on how much good bacteria is in it as to how much it will help.
Keep testing your water if you are reading any nitrite or ammonia do 25-30% water change. You can do more than one water change pr day as stated before I recommend using prime with all water changes.
You are cycled when your readings are zero ammonia zero nitrites and less than 40ppm nitrates 24 hours after a water change, I recommend waiting 48hrs after ammonia and nitrites zero and test again before you add any fish. Once you get cycled add fish slowly so you don't spike your ammonia
Um, what size tank is this? I hope it's a large one LOL I'm not sure some feeders will provide enough ammonia to sustain an eel. It's hard to say withot knowing more about your setup though. Also it depends how much media you put in; if you put in a small amount it might not have enough bacteria to sustain a heavy fish load. Definitely do water changes to get those levels down though. These links might help: