Marvensmom6
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 5, 2022
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Hi, I’m Karen and it’s good to meet you! I have a few questions and hope someone can advise me. I have a 10 gallon aquarium with 3 ottos and a betta. I made the mistake of buying freshwater test strips on Amazon and my water tests were perfect, or so I thought! Almost killed all of my fish as the ammonia was off the charts when properly tested. I’m sure it was from over feeding algae wafers to my ottos.
Local fish place said to clean gravel and do water changes daily. This was nearly 3 weeks ago and ammonia is .25. For the first week fish were not fed, now feeding bettas 3 pellets once a day. Ammonia still .25! Have not fed ottos in nearly 3 weeks.
Can my tank cycle if I’m changing water daily? Can I feed ottos algae wafer yet? Should I keep doing nearly 60% water changes daily? Is .25 ammonia safe? SOS please! Thanks ? Karen
Local fish place said to clean gravel and do water changes daily. This was nearly 3 weeks ago and ammonia is .25. For the first week fish were not fed, now feeding bettas 3 pellets once a day. Ammonia still .25! Have not fed ottos in nearly 3 weeks.
Can my tank cycle if I’m changing water daily? Can I feed ottos algae wafer yet? Should I keep doing nearly 60% water changes daily? Is .25 ammonia safe? SOS please! Thanks ? Karen