platyhatty
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2014
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Hi there, I'm hoping for a bit of advice please.
I have a 64 litre tank which (on the advice of an independant aquatic retailer) we started cycling with 5 Platy (please don't shoot me down as this is what I was advised!!)... we are now 4 weeks in and they seem to be doing fine.. here's what I had been doing.
-Feeding every other day
-Water testing with API Master Kit
-Adding bacteria boosting stuff including Stress Zyme weekly
-Was doing 20% water changes until advised not to do so by another Aquatic retailer
Have just been into most recent retailer and they tested water again and said all levels okay except for high ammonia and tried to sell me Aquavital Bacto Sprint. Has anyone ever heard of it? They also told me that it is not a good idea to use filter waste from an already cycled tank which is what I had been advised to do so by a number of other people!!
Really not sure now what is best to do to get ammonia down. Any advice appreciated, many thanks.
I have a 64 litre tank which (on the advice of an independant aquatic retailer) we started cycling with 5 Platy (please don't shoot me down as this is what I was advised!!)... we are now 4 weeks in and they seem to be doing fine.. here's what I had been doing.
-Feeding every other day
-Water testing with API Master Kit
-Adding bacteria boosting stuff including Stress Zyme weekly
-Was doing 20% water changes until advised not to do so by another Aquatic retailer
Have just been into most recent retailer and they tested water again and said all levels okay except for high ammonia and tried to sell me Aquavital Bacto Sprint. Has anyone ever heard of it? They also told me that it is not a good idea to use filter waste from an already cycled tank which is what I had been advised to do so by a number of other people!!
Really not sure now what is best to do to get ammonia down. Any advice appreciated, many thanks.