sith j
Aquarium Advice Activist
is it normal for the ph to swing back and forth during the fishless cycle.
75gal
at this point i have
1ppm of ammonia (using ace hardware 10% solution to dose)
4-5ppm of nitrites
between 20-50 nitrates its hard to tell on an ap test kit
when my nitrates started to climb and nitrites started to decrease my ph went from 7.0 to 6.0
my tap water is 7.5
also on my 10 gal that has been cycled for 6weeks the ph on that tank went from 6.8 to 7.5 in a couple of days and lost a couple of platys.
havent done any water changes during this week and havent changed any of the decor. not sure why everything is swinging so much. the one peram that i dont test for is hardness, also neither of the tanks are planted. the 10 has small pebble substrate and the 75 has sand if this makes a diff
i hope i gave enough info for an educated guess
thanks in advance
sith j
75gal
at this point i have
1ppm of ammonia (using ace hardware 10% solution to dose)
4-5ppm of nitrites
between 20-50 nitrates its hard to tell on an ap test kit
when my nitrates started to climb and nitrites started to decrease my ph went from 7.0 to 6.0
my tap water is 7.5
also on my 10 gal that has been cycled for 6weeks the ph on that tank went from 6.8 to 7.5 in a couple of days and lost a couple of platys.
havent done any water changes during this week and havent changed any of the decor. not sure why everything is swinging so much. the one peram that i dont test for is hardness, also neither of the tanks are planted. the 10 has small pebble substrate and the 75 has sand if this makes a diff
i hope i gave enough info for an educated guess
thanks in advance
sith j