AngelFishGirl
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Wow has it been a long time! Wonder if anyone even remembers me anymore 
Anyways, for those who do I am now living on my own and able to do water changes much easier now, as well as have more than one fish tank with problems A-Z running through it!
So basically I have a 55 gallon fish tank doing a fish-in cycle with angels (I know I know... kill me now. I couldn't sit with an empty tank) which is doing great! and also a 30 gallon tank in the middle of cycling. I took two different approaches with these tanks, since my angels are so fragile. I've been doing 50% water changes every other day, not letting the ammonia reach over .50. The angels are doing great. No nitrites or nitrates yet. Tank has been cycling for two weeks now.
On the other hand, my 30 gallon, I stocked with 5 mollies which are a little hardier. For that tank, I had been doing 50% water changes once a week so ammonia would build up faster and become cycled faster. That way I could put the cycled media into my 55 and cycle that one faster as well. After losing 3 mollies seemingly suddenly, I did a quick check and my readings were through the roof!
Ammonia .50
Nitrite was a hard read I believe it was between 1.0-5.0 but it was the shade of 8.2 on the high range pH scale.
Nitrate seemed to be at 160.
Last time I checked numbers were no where near this bad. It seemed to have happened within the last one-two days. Needless to say, the last mollies were transfered to my 55 gallon, where readings are:
.25 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate
I am now going to finish this 30 gallon fishless. But I have no idea how to do it. Any suggestions?
Anyways, for those who do I am now living on my own and able to do water changes much easier now, as well as have more than one fish tank with problems A-Z running through it!
So basically I have a 55 gallon fish tank doing a fish-in cycle with angels (I know I know... kill me now. I couldn't sit with an empty tank) which is doing great! and also a 30 gallon tank in the middle of cycling. I took two different approaches with these tanks, since my angels are so fragile. I've been doing 50% water changes every other day, not letting the ammonia reach over .50. The angels are doing great. No nitrites or nitrates yet. Tank has been cycling for two weeks now.
On the other hand, my 30 gallon, I stocked with 5 mollies which are a little hardier. For that tank, I had been doing 50% water changes once a week so ammonia would build up faster and become cycled faster. That way I could put the cycled media into my 55 and cycle that one faster as well. After losing 3 mollies seemingly suddenly, I did a quick check and my readings were through the roof!
Ammonia .50
Nitrite was a hard read I believe it was between 1.0-5.0 but it was the shade of 8.2 on the high range pH scale.
Nitrate seemed to be at 160.
Last time I checked numbers were no where near this bad. It seemed to have happened within the last one-two days. Needless to say, the last mollies were transfered to my 55 gallon, where readings are:
.25 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate
I am now going to finish this 30 gallon fishless. But I have no idea how to do it. Any suggestions?
