Daner
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So long story short - I messed up, my pH crashed and I didn't realize the pH was the reasoning for my cycle stall for probably too long. Aaaand now I need to re-start my fishless cycle. Trying to do better this time.
My pH was recently so acidic it was not registering a color on the pH chart, awesome. Did a nearly 100% water change, added Prime and a little bit of fish flakes. My tap water has a pH of around 7.4-7.6, currently 5 days after the water change my tank pH is already back down to 6.8 (maybe less? I'm not good at the color charts )
Dosed my Ammonia back up to 4ppm, hoping there is some beneficial bacteria left in my filter after the low pH fry. ::sigh::
My question is, how after should I add small amount of food flakes to keep the nutrients adequate for cycling and how often would you recommend topping off Primed water to help keep the pH adequate? Any other tips on making things go more smoothly?
My pH was recently so acidic it was not registering a color on the pH chart, awesome. Did a nearly 100% water change, added Prime and a little bit of fish flakes. My tap water has a pH of around 7.4-7.6, currently 5 days after the water change my tank pH is already back down to 6.8 (maybe less? I'm not good at the color charts )
Dosed my Ammonia back up to 4ppm, hoping there is some beneficial bacteria left in my filter after the low pH fry. ::sigh::
My question is, how after should I add small amount of food flakes to keep the nutrients adequate for cycling and how often would you recommend topping off Primed water to help keep the pH adequate? Any other tips on making things go more smoothly?