heymissmiles
New Member
Hi there,
I have kept Betta fish in the past but just recently took up the hobby again. I have a 40 gallon community tank that I cycled (or thought I had) with gifted media from an established thank. I let the tank sit empty with some food rotting in it for around 5 days, water peram. looked good. After that I picked up 10 cherry barbs and 4 kuhli loaches. Water seemed to be doing okay. I recently added 10 more cherry barbs about a week after I added the first 10.
I just did a 50% water change yesterday after my water was at 0 ppm nitrite, .25 ppm ammonia and 3 ppm nitrate. Today my tank is back at 0 ppm nitrite, .25 ppm ammonia and 3 ppm nitrate. Is my tank still not fully cycled? Did I add too many fish too fast? How dangerous are these levels of ammonia and nitrate?
Thanks in advance! -Taylor
I have kept Betta fish in the past but just recently took up the hobby again. I have a 40 gallon community tank that I cycled (or thought I had) with gifted media from an established thank. I let the tank sit empty with some food rotting in it for around 5 days, water peram. looked good. After that I picked up 10 cherry barbs and 4 kuhli loaches. Water seemed to be doing okay. I recently added 10 more cherry barbs about a week after I added the first 10.
I just did a 50% water change yesterday after my water was at 0 ppm nitrite, .25 ppm ammonia and 3 ppm nitrate. Today my tank is back at 0 ppm nitrite, .25 ppm ammonia and 3 ppm nitrate. Is my tank still not fully cycled? Did I add too many fish too fast? How dangerous are these levels of ammonia and nitrate?
Thanks in advance! -Taylor