waterdrop
Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
Yup! Confirmed.
Abi's Fishless Cycle
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I realise that, I just mean all the tests in one post at the start of the thread. It just helps so you can read it easily without changing pages, but up to you
Do you put the lights on in your tank?
Unfortunately, cycling with plants can cause algae growth, I try to block as much direct light from the tank as possible, some people go as far as covering the tanks whilst they're fishless cycling it. Unfortunately you can't because you have plants, but i would try and keep the time the lights are on as low as possible, maybe 6 hours? I'm not too sure - you would have to research it.
As well as the algae problem, plants often get ammonia burns from fishless cycling so might not always make it.
I don't see what your asking about filtration media?
You should probably do a waterchange, probably about 40% I think although not to sure.
there is some sort of error here, your ammonia can't be 8ppm if 2ml(although you said 2.89ml was 5ppm originally?) is equal to 5ppm.
Often tanks are called 125L but in reality they don't take into account of the thickness of the material and the height as much as they should. So my 125L tank is actually in reality 100L! But even if you dose a bit too much, it shouldn't mean 8ppm!
but as i was saying, it seems more like human error, maybe you've not added enough droplets of testing liquid. What liquid testing kit to you use? and what ammonia do you use?
there is some sort of error here, your ammonia can't be 8ppm if 2ml(although you said 2.89ml was 5ppm originally?) is equal to 5ppm.
Often tanks are called 125L but in reality they don't take into account of the thickness of the material and the height as much as they should. So my 125L tank is actually in reality 100L! But even if you dose a bit too much, it shouldn't mean 8ppm!
but as i was saying, it seems more like human error, maybe you've not added enough droplets of testing liquid. What liquid testing kit to you use? and what ammonia do you use?
10:40pm last night:
Ammonia - 1ppm
Nitrites - 0.25ppm
This morning at 8:40 (slept in)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Using API liquid test kit and boots ammonia on recommendations from on here.
Plus I calculated 54l tank as requiring 2.89 to get it up to 4/5ppm - let me just double check
the ammonia calculator used on this site suggest 2.84 to get it up to 5ppm, to get it up to 4ppm needs 2.27ml, since I put ammonia in using a 1ml pipette twice, I'm still baffled by the 8ppm reading!!
Ammonia - 1ppm
Nitrites - 0.25ppm
This morning at 8:40 (slept in)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Using API liquid test kit and boots ammonia on recommendations from on here.
Plus I calculated 54l tank as requiring 2.89 to get it up to 4/5ppm - let me just double check
the ammonia calculator used on this site suggest 2.84 to get it up to 5ppm, to get it up to 4ppm needs 2.27ml, since I put ammonia in using a 1ml pipette twice, I'm still baffled by the 8ppm reading!!
Hi there,
I had a high (above 8ppm) ammonia reading once, it was almost black!! This was when I had been doing fishless cycling for days and carefully putting in around 4ml, which in my tank was the amount to bring it up to 4-5ppm. What I had done, I think, was I was using the same medicine pippette for taking the water out and putting the ammonia in and couldn't have washed it properly. I'm sure just one drop mixed in with the water you are testing would do this. I gave it a wash, did it again and the result was then what I would have expected? Any chance you have done the same?
Fishy55
I had a high (above 8ppm) ammonia reading once, it was almost black!! This was when I had been doing fishless cycling for days and carefully putting in around 4ml, which in my tank was the amount to bring it up to 4-5ppm. What I had done, I think, was I was using the same medicine pippette for taking the water out and putting the ammonia in and couldn't have washed it properly. I'm sure just one drop mixed in with the water you are testing would do this. I gave it a wash, did it again and the result was then what I would have expected? Any chance you have done the same?
Fishy55
OOOh that is an idea, silly me - I'll go and wash it now and retest ammonia Thanks for the suggestion, was starting to think I'd turned into a moron!!
Pipette's been cleaned. Still getting an ammonia reading of 0.25.
Anyways, have collated info into one thread post.
Thanks for the suggestion, was starting to think I'd turned into a moron!!Pipette's been cleaned. Still getting an ammonia reading of 0.25.
Anyways, have collated info into one thread post.
waterdrop
Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
Oh yes, very true, its always important to have a completely separate syringe/dropper that's just for ammonia dosing I feel. I never let that one get anywhere near my one I use for filling testtubes with test water. And if I had ammonia in my tap water I would definately have a gallon of distilled water on hand to wash my testtubes, as tap water would of course then leave an ammonia residue in the testtube that (at the parts per million we are working with) would be significant. For tap water that doesn't really have any significant ammonia I feel its ok to just use that as the testtube rinse.
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