The Taffy Apple
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Without wantng to sound cheeky or anything.. if you both live so close, is there any chance of a mature media contribution from one hobbyist to the other?
Terry.
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I may have missed in a previous post but have you done the advised water changes yet?
Somebody very wise once said:
The solution to pollution is dilution
I may have missed in a previous post but have you done the advised water changes yet?
Somebody very wise once said:
The solution to pollution is dilution
I've done one 90% water change & am about to do another. At the moment we're playing with the test kit trying to get a handle on how to use it.
Ammonia still reading zero but Nitrate is reading something like 0.8-1.6 but we're uncertain of the reading.
I'm not really a fan of Nutrafin Cycle, but you might as well use it. Just don't follow the directions when it says not to do a water change for a week. (That is just crazy.) Add it at the dosage it recommends, as it won't hurt anything, but DO NOT ignore the need for water changes as it suggests.
Next, add all the mature media you have gotten your hands on and add it to your filter. Add it anyway you can to make it all fit in there. Cut it as it needs to make it fit, but get it in there. Remove your media if needed to get the mature stuff as needed. Ultimately, you have to have the bacteria in the filter so that they can deal with the ammonia and nitrite. Just get them in there SOME WAY!
The mature media will greatly help your issue. Do the water change as suggested earlier, then watch the levels, the mature media will be able to deal with a certain level of bioload. Do you know where the media came from? How many fish were in that tank? If there were a lot of fish and you have a small enough load, you are going to be cycled today! If not, it shouldn't take too long.
One thing, if the Cycle product hasn't been opened yet, try to return it. It really isn't worth having around, especially now that you have the mature media. Try to get store credit or exchange it for something that will help you, like Prime.
If the ammonia is now zero how is the nitrite now being created?