On my water tester I dont have nitrates on it. Im sorry for snapping but Im just trying to figure out my aquarium before I start thinking about the future.
I just got a fish aquarium and my ammonia levels are high. What do I do??
- Thread starter Jim bean 20055
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You should post sales on your bass and oscars. We can help you stock it naturally. All those fish would need a 600 gallon or so tank.
Im not gonna post my bass unless its garunteed im not gonna get another tank. I still have 6 months and by then they will probably be worth more if I kind of wanna make back what I spent on them
I have four but seriously can wer figure out my aquarium tank first please...
Ok so ill start all over. Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrites 2-4 ppm. My water test Kit does not have nitrates so how will I know if its cycled. Do I have to buy a different water tester?
Api liquid nitrate test
I agree with Jim. What he is dealing with is worthy of keeping the focus solely on cycling the tank and learning the ropes of it.
Nitrites of 2-4 ppm are deadly without detox. Make sure you are detoxifying them right.
Do the fish still feed? That'd be a good sign that you are doing it right.
You don't really need the nitrate (nitrAte) test. When your ammonia and nitrite are firmly at zero ppm for a while, like a week, without any changes in your tank (fish are fed and still feed), then you can say your tank's cycled. But as I wrote before, cycling is a live process, it constantly adjusts to everything that happens in a fish tank.
As an extra assurance and learning, testing for nitrAtes could help you indeed as the guys suggest above.
Also, you asked before how you'd know when the cycling is done and you were explained it, in this thread, I think at least 2-3 times. Please read and reread this thread if you remember that a question had already been posed and answered... otherwise you risk making it seem like you value your time and don't value ours. Just my 2 cents. We will still try to help you, one of us or another, but we as people have a nasty habit of overanalyzing the actions of others and underanalyzing our own and forgiving and excusing ourselves for what we don't forgive or excuse the others.
Nitrites of 2-4 ppm are deadly without detox. Make sure you are detoxifying them right.
Do the fish still feed? That'd be a good sign that you are doing it right.
You don't really need the nitrate (nitrAte) test. When your ammonia and nitrite are firmly at zero ppm for a while, like a week, without any changes in your tank (fish are fed and still feed), then you can say your tank's cycled. But as I wrote before, cycling is a live process, it constantly adjusts to everything that happens in a fish tank.
As an extra assurance and learning, testing for nitrAtes could help you indeed as the guys suggest above.
Also, you asked before how you'd know when the cycling is done and you were explained it, in this thread, I think at least 2-3 times. Please read and reread this thread if you remember that a question had already been posed and answered... otherwise you risk making it seem like you value your time and don't value ours. Just my 2 cents. We will still try to help you, one of us or another, but we as people have a nasty habit of overanalyzing the actions of others and underanalyzing our own and forgiving and excusing ourselves for what we don't forgive or excuse the others.
