hi, i just got a blue diamond rhombus yesterday and my ph is at 7.6, is that alright? Also i'm and idiot and didnt know i had to cycle my aquarium and i've only had the tank running for 3 days now, do you think he'll be alright? he's only about 3 inches right now and i'm checking the ammonia and there hasnt been any traces yet, when there is i hope i can do water changes to keep it way down but idk how much water to change or anything. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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7.6 is ok, your fish will get use to it and you just need to keep it stable.
what size tank you have it in and what filter and filter media you have in there?
see if you can get established media from lfs or other friends, if none available you can get some "bacterias in a bottle" type of products, like Seachem Stability or API Stress Zyme, etc.
what size tank you have it in and what filter and filter media you have in there?
see if you can get established media from lfs or other friends, if none available you can get some "bacterias in a bottle" type of products, like Seachem Stability or API Stress Zyme, etc.
personally i'd double up on your filtration too if all you have is one whisper. not a necessity but def a bonus for messy fish. especially with a 3 inch fish in a 55, i'd say half the food you put in won't end up in the fish's mouth.
tetra aquasafe is just a water conditioner? jp is suggesting you get some type of bacteria or established media (already has bacteria).
tetra aquasafe is just a water conditioner? jp is suggesting you get some type of bacteria or established media (already has bacteria).
yeah but if i did that would'nt that make the ammonia and nitrites rise real quick? i'm hoping if i just keep an eye on the ammonia i can change the water as it needs to be changed. what amount of ammonia is dangerous? it was up to .25ppm today so i did a i changed 20% of the water. I dont think the ammonia will get up that high because its only one little fish. I was just searching it on google and it seems everyone on there said putting fish in an aquarium without cycling it is a definate death. I hope thats only the case when theres like 10 in the tank. i put some of this ammoniasafe tablets in there made by tetra. i'm hoping that might help out a bit too. Also is it possible my tank wont even cycle with one fish in it?
By adding established media to your filter you'll speed up the development of beneficial bacterias colony. without those bacterias there won't be any nitrification process and ammonia won't be converted to nitrite then to nitrate.
there could be other source of ammonia aside from what's produced by the fish alone, sometimes your tap water may contain ammonia, any uneaten food or decaying plant matters, etc will also produce ammonia.
putting a fish into a tank without cycling it doesn't always result death, it depends on how hardy is the fish and how quickly the ammonia builds up and how quickly your bacteria colony develops. the fish will definitely be stressed during the cycling process.
constantly remove ammonia source will make it longer for your bacterias to develop since there's nothing for them to feed on. best is to add as much cycled bio media as possible into your filter, or use products like I mentioned before that already contain live bacterias to help seed your bio media.
there could be other source of ammonia aside from what's produced by the fish alone, sometimes your tap water may contain ammonia, any uneaten food or decaying plant matters, etc will also produce ammonia.
putting a fish into a tank without cycling it doesn't always result death, it depends on how hardy is the fish and how quickly the ammonia builds up and how quickly your bacteria colony develops. the fish will definitely be stressed during the cycling process.
constantly remove ammonia source will make it longer for your bacterias to develop since there's nothing for them to feed on. best is to add as much cycled bio media as possible into your filter, or use products like I mentioned before that already contain live bacterias to help seed your bio media.
I just went out and bought a microbe lift immediate water cycling kit. its suppose to speed up the process my adding microbes and bacteria to it. probably like a used filter would. I'm really hoping he makes it through this, i didnt know about the whole tank cycling thing before i got him. I'm glad i found out when i did though. Could have been a lot worse. he's a badass fish, already has a blue tint to him at 3 inches. i'll have to post a pic when i get one.
looks like you're going in the right direction.
i would recommend browsing/searching this site instead of google. i know alot of searches on google will send you here anyways but there's alot of inaccurate info out there and it's hard to verifye the info without being able to discuss it with someone...and here...you can always discuss and hash out what's real and what's myth.
Good luck and welcome to the site
i would recommend browsing/searching this site instead of google. i know alot of searches on google will send you here anyways but there's alot of inaccurate info out there and it's hard to verifye the info without being able to discuss it with someone...and here...you can always discuss and hash out what's real and what's myth.
Good luck and welcome to the site