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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fishtank Filtration and Cycling => Topic started by: evan47 on June 05, 2014, 07:48:17 PM

Title: water test, fish in cycle.
Post by: evan47 on June 05, 2014, 07:48:17 PM

i am 2 weeks into a fish in cycle and my ammonia is .25/.5 (i find it tricky to tell with the color chart but i think it is closer to .25), nitrite .25 and nitrate o.
i havent bothered testing ph levels yet.
daily 20%water changes.
i am doing daily water changes, are these results okay?
 :-\

Title: Re: water test, fish in cycle.
Post by: Sue on June 05, 2014, 08:55:08 PM

Provided the pH is below about 7.5, the ammonia level is fine.
But nitrite is verging on being too high. Once nitrite gets into the fish's blood, it takes a long time for it to come out so you need to make sure it never gets higher than 0.25. Maybe increase your water changes to nearer 50%.

Title: Re: water test, fish in cycle.
Post by: evan47 on June 05, 2014, 09:12:03 PM

thanks, just tested my PH and its fine.
no fish casualties so far, had a case of white spot and dealt with it, all the fish seem to be ok.