Petrovius
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2011
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- 8
Hello all need some questions answered if any body has the time I would greatly appreciate it. Just set up my 36 gallon bow front tank 3 days ago. I added API stress coat and API stress zyme when I first added the water. 2 days later I took a water sample to pet smart and had it analyzed. The readings were 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and 5 nitrates and ph 6.5 . My water was crystal clear for the 1st 2 days but now is really cloudy . Is this normal and about how long will this last? The other thing I need advice on is that I started reading about fish less cycling which is what I want to do. I went and bought a API master freshwater test kit and pure ammonia with 10 % ammonium hydroxide from ace hardware which is supposedly the one you want to use according to a lot of people on here. I followed the link from fish less cycling for dummies. I have air pump running with air stone,heater is set to about 82 degrees aqua clear power filter 70 with all the medium it came with is running full flow and I completed the first step. I added 3 tsp of ammonia and when I tested it looked to be about 6 to 8 ppm. Along with the stress zyme from 3 days ago. Is this too much ammonia I added? Should I do something about it or should I just keep checking ammonia levels daily as per the cycling for dummies?