stew
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello all!
I'm on my 2nd week of a new cycling tank (Thursday will mark 2 weeks) and i'm wondering if I could do a partial water change then?
The cycle seems to comming along nicely, amonia level have risen and leveled off at a little under 0.6mg/L and Nitrites have started to climb and are today at 0.2mg/L (all according to my Hagen test kit). I do not have a test for Nitrates, do I need one?
Now as for the 1st water change:
How do you guys heat the water to the apropriate temperature before adding to the tank? Kettle/microwave? I'd like to know what meathods you pros use that work well for you.
In regard to the PH of the water to be added, should I use PH-up to make it match the PH that is currently in the tank? (My tank has settles to a nice 7.2/7.3 and my Tap water is about 6.8 this week (its seems to vary)).
Thanks!
Stew
I'm on my 2nd week of a new cycling tank (Thursday will mark 2 weeks) and i'm wondering if I could do a partial water change then?
The cycle seems to comming along nicely, amonia level have risen and leveled off at a little under 0.6mg/L and Nitrites have started to climb and are today at 0.2mg/L (all according to my Hagen test kit). I do not have a test for Nitrates, do I need one?
Now as for the 1st water change:
How do you guys heat the water to the apropriate temperature before adding to the tank? Kettle/microwave? I'd like to know what meathods you pros use that work well for you.
In regard to the PH of the water to be added, should I use PH-up to make it match the PH that is currently in the tank? (My tank has settles to a nice 7.2/7.3 and my Tap water is about 6.8 this week (its seems to vary)).
Thanks!
Stew