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Post by marcusbacus on Dec 15, 2004 18:15:06 GMT -5
In my tank it seems that the nitrite disappeared much faster than the ammonia. I had 0.6 in the morning and 0 at night, after a partial water change (of about 10 liters of a tank with around 60). As I might be adding fishes only on monday, I'm finding hard to find a reasonable source of ammonia to be added to keep things going without causing a huge spike again. I'm afraid that a single drop can be a mess. I'm trusting on the dead leaves only.
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Post by amanichen on Dec 15, 2004 22:33:42 GMT -5
In my tank it seems that the nitrite disappeared much faster than the ammonia. I had 0.6 in the morning and 0 at night, after a partial water change (of about 10 liters of a tank with around 60). As I might be adding fishes only on monday, I'm finding hard to find a reasonable source of ammonia to be added to keep things going without causing a huge spike again. I'm afraid that a single drop can be a mess. I'm trusting on the dead leaves only. The ammonia to nitrite conversion usually takes longer than the nitrite to nitrate conversion. |
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Post by Jenova on Dec 16, 2004 19:09:40 GMT -5
As I might be adding fishes only on monday, I'm finding hard to find a reasonable source of ammonia to be added to keep things going without causing a huge spike again. I'm afraid that a single drop can be a mess. I'm trusting on the dead leaves only. You can just dilluted the ammonia with water first, and then use a few drops of the mixture. If you need help with calculating, I'm sure we can help  |
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Post by marcusbacus on Dec 16, 2004 19:52:11 GMT -5
that's what I did - see the topic "check the cycling" - and it seems that it worked and I won't need to keep adding anything for too long, the fishes might arrive tomorrow, they were already shipped earlier today.
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