JackBinimbul
Aquarium Advice Freak
Nitrates have joined the party!
I got in some ammonium chloride from Dr Tim's yesterday. Firstly, it's important to note that he does not specify the concentration on the bottle, but after testing, it's pretty low. No more than 5%.
Moving on, I did a water change yesterday and tested my ammonia to determine how much to add. I was at about .25 after the change. I added 8 drops, waited an hour and tested again. I repeated this 3 times until I hit 4-5 ppm. Then I left it over night.
This morning, ammonia had fallen to 1 ppm, my nitrites are still of the chart and I have 10-20 ppm on nitrates!
I will be adding ammonia again tonight and monitoring my nitrites. I'll probably be ready for fish next week!
I'll be adding endler's first and I found an awesome guy on AquaBid who is willing to sell me a mix of male N and P color patterns for a great price.
After the endler's get established and my tank is verified as stable, which should I add next? The cories or the neo. shrimp?
I got in some ammonium chloride from Dr Tim's yesterday. Firstly, it's important to note that he does not specify the concentration on the bottle, but after testing, it's pretty low. No more than 5%.
Moving on, I did a water change yesterday and tested my ammonia to determine how much to add. I was at about .25 after the change. I added 8 drops, waited an hour and tested again. I repeated this 3 times until I hit 4-5 ppm. Then I left it over night.
This morning, ammonia had fallen to 1 ppm, my nitrites are still of the chart and I have 10-20 ppm on nitrates!
I will be adding ammonia again tonight and monitoring my nitrites. I'll probably be ready for fish next week!
I'll be adding endler's first and I found an awesome guy on AquaBid who is willing to sell me a mix of male N and P color patterns for a great price.
After the endler's get established and my tank is verified as stable, which should I add next? The cories or the neo. shrimp?