My 40g breeder tank with 1 small arowana has been set up for about a week now and the nitrite is reading 0 and the ammonia is reading .5. I have a penguin 350, a pump, and a heater at 82 degrees. I've been following the directions on the stability bottle. Are my readngs normal? When should it clear up? Should i do a water change? %? Is an ammonia reading of .5 THAT harmful? Thanks.
ammonia reading
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its a new setup, so you're going through a break in cycle. any ammonia at all can be harmful - which i why, idealy, you probly shouldn't have started the tank right away with an arowana.FreshwaterHawaii;5149304; said:My 40g breeder tank with 1 small arowana has been set up for about a week now and the nitrite is reading 0 and the ammonia is reading .5. I have a penguin 350, a pump, and a heater at 82 degrees. I've been following the directions on the stability bottle. Are my readngs normal? When should it clear up? Should i do a water change? %? Is an ammonia reading of .5 THAT harmful? Thanks.
Hawaii braadah! ok at .5 your arowana will be stressed, clamped fins and rapid gill pumping just do water changes (25%) every... 2 days i know that will be a pain in the ass but still do it. have you ever water changed in the past? or cycled the tank?
i wouldnt trust that stuff 100% of the time though. ive seen plenty of those products do nothing at all sometimes. he may be using it to try to cycle. but he didnt use it, with other fish, before the Arowana went in from what it sounds like.aclockworkorange;5149351; said:He said he's using stability to cycle. Read?
ohh sorry i didnt know what that was. but still that is not a legit cycleaclockworkorange;5149351; said:He said he's using stability to cycle. Read?
No the tank is not cycled. I stated in the original post that its been up for about a week and im using STABILITY. There was a small oscar in it by himself up until a couple days ago and my neighbors aros were fighting so im holding it for him.
