casualnag
Aquarium Advice Newbie
we recently bought a 5.5 gallon tank ... we have had the tank running for 2 1/2 weeks now sadly we only waited overnight after starting our tank to put in 5 goldfish ....
we had no idea about cycling a tank or that it even had to be done .. we have now lost all our fish ... the last one died on Friday .
we want to properly cycle our tank before adding a new fish ( we know now that a tank this size is really only suitable for a single beta ) .. we have left the filter running and have changed 25 % off the water. we have been doing water tests with an API test kit .... out ammonia is at 0 nitrItes are 0
but so are our nitrAtes .... I believe there should be a nitrate reading of between 20 and 40 ... why is mine at 0 .
I think the tank must have been cycling when the fish were in there and we were not testing .... how can I properly cycle this tank ??? 2 days in a row those 3 levels have been 0
we had no idea about cycling a tank or that it even had to be done .. we have now lost all our fish ... the last one died on Friday .
we want to properly cycle our tank before adding a new fish ( we know now that a tank this size is really only suitable for a single beta ) .. we have left the filter running and have changed 25 % off the water. we have been doing water tests with an API test kit .... out ammonia is at 0 nitrItes are 0
but so are our nitrAtes .... I believe there should be a nitrate reading of between 20 and 40 ... why is mine at 0 .
I think the tank must have been cycling when the fish were in there and we were not testing .... how can I properly cycle this tank ??? 2 days in a row those 3 levels have been 0