My amonia is good!
- Thread starter FishyLovers
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- long island
Is this a joke to play on all of us on the site or you realy have a tank that is cycling out
- Location
- New York
what? i checked my tank for the ammonia a week or 2 ago, and i thought it was ok and i wanted another person's opinion and now i re-checked it and it looked good too
- Location
- New York
i am sorry if i aggrivated you
- Location
- Union Square, NY
What test kit are you using now and what are your ammonia and nitrate/nitrite levels?
- Location
- long island
Where are you located in LI if you want I can meet up with you and check the levels in the tank and see the set up in all. To add to that no you are not annoying any one I think from reading all the post we dont want you to loose a fish or have the tank crash and you want to get out of this hobbie. Just shoot me over a message and I will be more then glad to help
- Location
- New York
i am using an API 5 in 1 test strip the ammonia is 0, i checked in sunday, and the nitrite was 0 but the nitrate was 20 ppm. just curious in general is 20 ppm of nitrate too high?
- Location
- long island
they to get it down to zero do a water change small water change how is the tank looking now and what is the size of the tank
No, don't do a water change just yet.
20ppm is not horrible. You are now on the right track. If you have gone from X ammonia to 0 ammonia to X nitrite to 0 nitrite to 20ppm nitrate, then you have completed your cycle.:splitspin Do keep an eye on all three for awhile, and slowly you can begin to add your animals.
Don't rush, nothing good happens when you rush especially in this hobby. Do wait on corals til your nitrates go even lower. Be careful when you feed not to over do it. Food & fish poop equals higher nitrates. Please get better test kits when possible.....
How about posting some pictures of your tank & sump!
We would love to see some pics.
20ppm is not horrible. You are now on the right track. If you have gone from X ammonia to 0 ammonia to X nitrite to 0 nitrite to 20ppm nitrate, then you have completed your cycle.:splitspin Do keep an eye on all three for awhile, and slowly you can begin to add your animals. Don't rush, nothing good happens when you rush especially in this hobby. Do wait on corals til your nitrates go even lower. Be careful when you feed not to over do it. Food & fish poop equals higher nitrates. Please get better test kits when possible.....
How about posting some pictures of your tank & sump!
We would love to see some pics.
- Location
- long island
I would agree with awibrandy, the water change might be too son (i tank back my perivous statment of that) just take a picture of the tank so we can get a better idea.
- Location
- New York
i dont know how to upload a picture onto the site
- Location
- New York
but there is brown spots on the front of my glass, is it algea? and shouldn't my cerith snails eat it?
Fishylover, do you have a glass cleaner? Clean the glass yourself, don't wait on your snails to do it for you.
To upload pics click on Go Advanced, when that window comes up scroll down, and click on Manage Attachments. Then click on Browse, find the pics you want on your computer, and double click on them. Once they are there click on Upload.
To upload pics click on Go Advanced, when that window comes up scroll down, and click on Manage Attachments. Then click on Browse, find the pics you want on your computer, and double click on them. Once they are there click on Upload.
- Location
- New York
ok so i did clean some of the algea myself i have 10 cerith snails and 3 massive 3-4" other glass cleaning snails. I also boght shrimp and 2 clownfish. i figured that sice the last time i posted my nitrite is was 20 ppm by now most prob it was 0 and since the other things were ok too i added livestock to my tank
- Location
- long island
dude you have to test and test if you have brow cyno then your tank is not fully cycled out and you need to buy a rodi water and start doing some water changes if you drop if in the tank now they are either going to make crazy spikes in your tank orr they are going to die. I do not want any of this to happpen in your tank. Since the clows are in the dasmel family they are considered hardy fish and will hekp cycle out your tank. If you need help then just ask. We are here for you and I have offered my time to help you out as well. :splitspin:splitspin
Fishylover, have you done ANY reading on Cyclin a salt water tank? You really should do this before you even filled your tank with water.
You have me very confused as to what is happening in your tank. You don't seem to understand the cyclin of a sw tank. You seem to be interchanging nitrites & nitrates. Nitrites are much worse for the animals we keep, nitrates are not as bad, but can still kill if to high.
If your test kit still shows even a trace of Nitrites, YOUR TANK IS STILL NOT ready for any inhabitants. You are going to kill everything you put in there.
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Take the time to do some research..... You happen to be in a forum with tons of information here. As well as many members who are willing to help you, but if you choose to ignore the advice given to you there is nothing more for us to do.
Please don't waste our time, and yours.
We here are truly fish lovers here, and don't take kindly to animals being killed because of the lack of commitment to them. It is not enough to put up a glass box with water, you must read, and apply what you should get from reading to the hobby.
I don't mean to come across as harsh, but you are frustrating me to the max...
I am not perfect, and have caused the lifes of animals myself unwittingly. Let me tell you it kills me a little every time I loose an animal.
You have me very confused as to what is happening in your tank. You don't seem to understand the cyclin of a sw tank. You seem to be interchanging nitrites & nitrates. Nitrites are much worse for the animals we keep, nitrates are not as bad, but can still kill if to high.
If your test kit still shows even a trace of Nitrites, YOUR TANK IS STILL NOT ready for any inhabitants. You are going to kill everything you put in there.
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Take the time to do some research..... You happen to be in a forum with tons of information here. As well as many members who are willing to help you, but if you choose to ignore the advice given to you there is nothing more for us to do.
Please don't waste our time, and yours.
We here are truly fish lovers here, and don't take kindly to animals being killed because of the lack of commitment to them. It is not enough to put up a glass box with water, you must read, and apply what you should get from reading to the hobby.
I don't mean to come across as harsh, but you are frustrating me to the max...
I am not perfect, and have caused the lifes of animals myself unwittingly. Let me tell you it kills me a little every time I loose an animal.
Don't get upset Awilda :hug: ... after reading this thread ... and seeing how long it went on for ... this tank probably does not even exist. Every forum gets a few people looking to stir up trouble ... pretending to have a tank ... proceeding to do everything wrong ... just to annoy others. I am sure I am not the only one to have read this thread to come to that conclusion. It would be nice if you posted pictures of the tank Fishlover. I am just sayin' :thanks:
I am just sayin' :thanks:
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Don't get upset Awilda :hug: ... after reading this thread ... and seeing how long it went on for ... this tank probably does not even exist. Every forum gets a few people looking to stir up trouble ... pretending to have a tank ... proceeding to do everything wrong ... just to annoy others. I am sure I am not the only one to have read this thread to come to that conclusion. It would be nice if you posted pictures of the tank Fishlover.
We have all already thought of that!LOL Actually a member already asked fishylover if this is a joke. Fishlover responded with total indignation.:tongueani
- Location
- long island
Yes correct butttt this perosn has and has been asking to buy and bought a bta and it is int eht ank it is in the thread some where so. If this is a joke then wow I could not think some one would be that bonkers not to listen to us.
It's the internet ... people do as they please ... :givebeer:
Even if it is true that he bought everything for their tank BEFORE they should have ... and chooses to ignore everyones posts ... that is their business ... he/she will learn very quickly they are doing something wrong ... especially when the money runs dry
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