Alfiehar
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 12, 2021
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I am beyond confused and frustrated. I honestly don't know what to do.
So yesterday I had reading of .25 nitrites, 10 nitrates and 0 ammonia. This morning to test again as I do have fish in the tank and another set of 5 cories waiting to be added from the baby grow out tank.
I had 0 nitrites, 5 nitrates and a whooping .50 ammonia ? What the hell??
I can't pick up stability or cycle etc for another 2 weeks, I've been dosing with prime now every day. Do I just do a water change every day now ? And by how much without ****ing it up anymore ?
I added media from my grossest tank ( crayfish tank. So many blah gross filter but strong bacteria that tank usually sits at 10 with close to 30 baby crayfish in it ) to hopefully ease the issue off
Tank is a planted 75 gallon fish tank, I moved almost everything but some sand from my 20 to my 75. It was perfectly cycled then the next day it crashed supposedly from a ph drop compared to the level it was previously.
15 cories, 8 pea puffers and a BN pleco. Semi decently planted.
Flival 306 canister filter
Soon a sponge filter once I can pick on up.
Tap water is not the issue otherwise I'd have some very expensive shrimps dead on my hands.
I absolutely do not have a tank I can put my fish in to ride this out. My 20 needs to be redone seam wise which is why I moved almost everything over to the 75.
So yesterday I had reading of .25 nitrites, 10 nitrates and 0 ammonia. This morning to test again as I do have fish in the tank and another set of 5 cories waiting to be added from the baby grow out tank.
I had 0 nitrites, 5 nitrates and a whooping .50 ammonia ? What the hell??
I can't pick up stability or cycle etc for another 2 weeks, I've been dosing with prime now every day. Do I just do a water change every day now ? And by how much without ****ing it up anymore ?
I added media from my grossest tank ( crayfish tank. So many blah gross filter but strong bacteria that tank usually sits at 10 with close to 30 baby crayfish in it ) to hopefully ease the issue off
Tank is a planted 75 gallon fish tank, I moved almost everything but some sand from my 20 to my 75. It was perfectly cycled then the next day it crashed supposedly from a ph drop compared to the level it was previously.
15 cories, 8 pea puffers and a BN pleco. Semi decently planted.
Flival 306 canister filter
Soon a sponge filter once I can pick on up.
Tap water is not the issue otherwise I'd have some very expensive shrimps dead on my hands.
I absolutely do not have a tank I can put my fish in to ride this out. My 20 needs to be redone seam wise which is why I moved almost everything over to the 75.