No I only use faucet water. Now I will test my faucet water to see what the ammonia reads.Thats looking pretty good almost there.
If you have any spring water (still water, not sparkling) in the house, can you do an ammonia test on it and compare it to the ammonia test from your aquarium? If you dont have any spring water, do an ammonia test on your tap water and compare that.
Here’s my ammonia test out of my faucet.Thats looking pretty good almost there.
If you have any spring water (still water, not sparkling) in the house, can you do an ammonia test on it and compare it to the ammonia test from your aquarium? If you dont have any spring water, do an ammonia test on your tap water and compare that.
Now what to do moving forward to get this tank cycled !?Here’s my ammonia test out of my faucet.
Looks like 0 ppm
Should I buy this or just stay with the baking soda ass needed !?These 2 ammonia tests look the same to me. Zero ammonia can look a little bit greenish, so comparing your aquarium water against a sample thats known to be zero is a better indication than comparing against the chart.
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Its fairly safe to assume that there is zero ammonia from your tap, so if your aquarium water test looks the same as the tap water test your aquarium is zero ammonia too. There might be a little ammonia in your tap water though, thats why i suggested testing spring water to compare.
Next time you walk past the store get a cheap bottle of spring water. It should only cost pennys. Test that for ammonia and compare with your aquarium water. If they look the same then your aquarium water is going to be zero ammonia.
So, it looks like you have zero ammonia and zero nitrite. That would say you are cycled. Continue to test daily for a week or 2, if you continue seeing zero ammonia and nitrite you are cycled. You last did a water change on Monday i think, so unless ammonia and nitrite start showing up again, do another water change on Monday. Then get into a regular water change schedule. Remember the baking soda needs dosing with water changes or your pH will gradually drop and eventually set you back again.
I would use the alkaline buffer because its not adding sodium into the water. But you said you previously used a buffer and it didnt work.Should I buy this or just stay with the baking soda ass needed !?
What buffer did you use previously?And started off using I can’t remember the name but it’s a well known buffer to use and it would bring my ph up for only 1 day then back down it went.. then I got ph neutral and it just did the same thing up then back down next day..
Yeah they both done that before you started guiding me through this process, but’ idkI would use the alkaline buffer because its not adding sodium into the water. But you said you previously used a buffer and it didnt work.
What buffer did you use previously?
And another question? When a tank is fully cycled does the ph stay where you want it, or do we all have to use a buffer like I mentioned about to keep it ok !?After 0 water change yesterday here is my parameters today.
Nitrate - 5.0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Ammonia - I think it’s 0 ppm ‘ but you tell me
Ph - holding
Now what to do moving forward to finally get this 55g cycled !?
I’m just not used to seeing my parameters look this good for this amount of time. I think you help me finally get my tank cycled so I’m guess I should get in a routine of doing a 25% water change every 7 days and watchiAfter 4-5 days of doing know water changes here’s my parameters today.
Nitrates - 5.0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Ammonia - maby 0 ppm but I’m not 100 % sure !?
Ph - holding
Now what to do please !?
After 4-5 days of doing know water changes here’s my parameters today.
Nitrates - 5.0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Ammonia - maby 0 ppm but I’m not 100 % sure !?
Ph - holding
Now what to do please !?
* watching my ph. Would this be ok !?I’m just not used to seeing my parameters look this good for this amount of time. I think you help me finally get my tank cycled so I’m guess I should get in a routine of doing a 25% water change every 7 days and watchi