Spankenstyne
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So i'm about 9 days into the cycle, with 4 comets and some plants, and i'm getting:
Just trace ammonia maybe .2 at the most ppm
my Nitrites are reading 1.6 ppm
Nitrates are reading 10 ppm
PH has been a steady 7.5-7.6 the whole time so far. Haven't checked it every day but when i do it seems to be the same.
General Hardness was the upper end of moderately hard
Now are these readings in line with where my water should be at the part of the cycle? I understand the PH and hardness end of it i really don't need to concern myself with, it should be steady and has been but is it common to have low ammonia but 1.6 ppm nitrites and also have 10 ppm nitrates? I thought i had read that generally higher nitrates are associated with higher ammonia?
Here's how it looks so far:
Pictures aren'tt the greatest, just learning how to use the new digital i got lol.
Just trace ammonia maybe .2 at the most ppm
my Nitrites are reading 1.6 ppm
Nitrates are reading 10 ppm
PH has been a steady 7.5-7.6 the whole time so far. Haven't checked it every day but when i do it seems to be the same.
General Hardness was the upper end of moderately hard
Now are these readings in line with where my water should be at the part of the cycle? I understand the PH and hardness end of it i really don't need to concern myself with, it should be steady and has been but is it common to have low ammonia but 1.6 ppm nitrites and also have 10 ppm nitrates? I thought i had read that generally higher nitrates are associated with higher ammonia?
Here's how it looks so far:
Pictures aren'tt the greatest, just learning how to use the new digital i got lol.