Looks like you’re on the right path, but are the peacocks going with the Oscar’s permanently? I’ve seen that work sometimes but that’s not an ideal combo to say the least
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is my filtration that good?? i dont get it.. i feed everyday. fish have been in the tank now 3 weeks and the tank has been up and running for a total of about 7weeks and these are the parameters that im still getting… i did do a water change yesterday due to alot of bio on the tank floor and it started getting cloudy. i did cut lights back to only 4 hours per day
You may want to consider that before adding the fish, the tank was not really cycling.
With no fish, but a few plants, whatever brine shrimp you put in to add ammonia, was quick used by those plants.
So your tank did not actually begin "really cycling" until you added fish.
If that was only a few weeks ago, your tank has probably just begun its cycle.
In the recent ammonia test photo, it looks like ammonia is 0.25 to 0.50, just starting to rise.
With no fish, but a few plants, whatever brine shrimp you put in to add ammonia, was quick used by those plants.
So your tank did not actually begin "really cycling" until you added fish.
If that was only a few weeks ago, your tank has probably just begun its cycle.
In the recent ammonia test photo, it looks like ammonia is 0.25 to 0.50, just starting to rise.
Did you add any bottled bacteria? Cycling can take a few months starting from scratch, even with bottled products can take a few weeks to a month even though they're touted as instant
If your fish have been in there 3 weeks and those are your readings, that is weird but I would just feed light and do your maintenance and as long as everything looks good, I wouldn’t worry about it. Just test once a week or if you notice your fish breathing heavy or acting stressed, in that case do a test and go from there. I think everything is gonna be fine
yea i shake bottle one 30sec then add drops shake bottle 2 30sec add drops.. shake test tube 60sec let sit for 5 min and see where im at
fish seem fine no issues what so ever no heavy breathing and they eat when ever i drop food they wven got to the point when i walk up they go to the corner of the tank
