Hi,
My ongoing cycling saga may be improving a bit. I did a small PWC a couple of days ago (less than 10% out of a 36 gal tank). That was the first change I'd done in almost 2 weeks.
Today my levels were:
Nitrite= 0
pH=0
The hard part was reading the nitrate and ammonia...especially the nitrate! The ammonia was almost the color of 0.25 on the card, but not quite. The nitrate was a deeper yellow than 0, but no where NEAR the orange of 0.5.
I have the API freshwater master test kit. I guess it depends on the test, but I've seen folk posting levels of 1.0 for both. How can you tell? Is it a guessing game?
I'd set some water out today to do another small PWC, but opted instead to just top the tank off. Is this correct? It seems I should let things be and let the bacteria convert the little bit of ammonia to nitrates?
FYI...I tried Bio Spira a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't seem to work for me. Also, I am doing this w/ fish (1 pleco, 3 rosy tetras, and 9 neons.)
My ongoing cycling saga may be improving a bit. I did a small PWC a couple of days ago (less than 10% out of a 36 gal tank). That was the first change I'd done in almost 2 weeks.
Today my levels were:
Nitrite= 0
pH=0
The hard part was reading the nitrate and ammonia...especially the nitrate! The ammonia was almost the color of 0.25 on the card, but not quite. The nitrate was a deeper yellow than 0, but no where NEAR the orange of 0.5.
I have the API freshwater master test kit. I guess it depends on the test, but I've seen folk posting levels of 1.0 for both. How can you tell? Is it a guessing game?
I'd set some water out today to do another small PWC, but opted instead to just top the tank off. Is this correct? It seems I should let things be and let the bacteria convert the little bit of ammonia to nitrates?
FYI...I tried Bio Spira a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't seem to work for me. Also, I am doing this w/ fish (1 pleco, 3 rosy tetras, and 9 neons.)