iforged
Aquarium Advice Regular
Sooo, I was wondering,
I was able to borrow my buddies sponge from his 55gal, full of good bacteria for my fishless cycling tank, put it in about 2 days ago, and been dosing ammonia up to 2-4ppm, and within the 8 hrs it goes to 0ppm...
FOR Nitrites, When i get the water in the tube, i put 5 drops from the Nitrite Bottle, the water turns really purple (5.0ppm+ ) in matter of few seconds... when it sits for around 1-3 minutes it turns Blue.... the directions say "let it sit for 5 minutes and then see the readings..." well.. if i was to do that, the tube is baby blue.. BUT when u dose it before letting it sit, it turns dark purple in matter of seconds... I cant figure out if my Nitrite is 0.. or are they OFF THE CHARTS 22ppm or something like that.. I did 60% water change the other day, just to see if i can get the nitrite to "reading range", but same thing, dosed the tube with 5 drops, turned purple right away, and then within minute or two turned blue... Can anyone help me to read this correctly?
My Nitrate readings are around 80-100 i would say, dark orange/radish color.
Thanks guys.
I was able to borrow my buddies sponge from his 55gal, full of good bacteria for my fishless cycling tank, put it in about 2 days ago, and been dosing ammonia up to 2-4ppm, and within the 8 hrs it goes to 0ppm...
FOR Nitrites, When i get the water in the tube, i put 5 drops from the Nitrite Bottle, the water turns really purple (5.0ppm+ ) in matter of few seconds... when it sits for around 1-3 minutes it turns Blue.... the directions say "let it sit for 5 minutes and then see the readings..." well.. if i was to do that, the tube is baby blue.. BUT when u dose it before letting it sit, it turns dark purple in matter of seconds... I cant figure out if my Nitrite is 0.. or are they OFF THE CHARTS 22ppm or something like that.. I did 60% water change the other day, just to see if i can get the nitrite to "reading range", but same thing, dosed the tube with 5 drops, turned purple right away, and then within minute or two turned blue... Can anyone help me to read this correctly?
My Nitrate readings are around 80-100 i would say, dark orange/radish color.
Thanks guys.