katw1986
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi everyone,
I have a mexican dwarf crayfish (got at end of December) and I have been struggling with new tank syndrome. Or at least thats what the pet store is calling it. Crayfish was trying to jump out about a week ago so the pet store tested my water for me, and said I had a bit of an ammonia spike. (I cant remember what the numbers were sorry)did a water change of 25% and added prime like they told me to. I have my own kit now and have been tested the water. I changed the water again yesterday because the ammonia seemed to be at .50, and I added prime again. I have also been adding stability.
I am new to this whole tank thing so unfortunately I did not cycle the tank first when I got it. I am learning the hard way. The pet store tested everything else and said the other levels were fine. again, I'm not sure what the numbers were.
I Tested the water again today since I did a water change yesterday, and it looks like .25 to me? It's kind of hard to tell with the colors.
I'm not sure how to move forward, how many water changes to do etc OR how often I'm allowed to add prime.
Would you guys like me to test everything else to see what its at? I'm still learning about all this cycle stuff
the lady at the pet store has crayfish and she said they are more tolerant of slight ammonia levels
I have a 5 gallon tank with a hang on the back filter with charcoal cartridge.
Thanks!!
I have a mexican dwarf crayfish (got at end of December) and I have been struggling with new tank syndrome. Or at least thats what the pet store is calling it. Crayfish was trying to jump out about a week ago so the pet store tested my water for me, and said I had a bit of an ammonia spike. (I cant remember what the numbers were sorry)did a water change of 25% and added prime like they told me to. I have my own kit now and have been tested the water. I changed the water again yesterday because the ammonia seemed to be at .50, and I added prime again. I have also been adding stability.
I am new to this whole tank thing so unfortunately I did not cycle the tank first when I got it. I am learning the hard way. The pet store tested everything else and said the other levels were fine. again, I'm not sure what the numbers were.
I Tested the water again today since I did a water change yesterday, and it looks like .25 to me? It's kind of hard to tell with the colors.
I'm not sure how to move forward, how many water changes to do etc OR how often I'm allowed to add prime.
Would you guys like me to test everything else to see what its at? I'm still learning about all this cycle stuff


I have a 5 gallon tank with a hang on the back filter with charcoal cartridge.
Thanks!!