Eelzor
This shrimp is so good it needs to be seen in wide
Hi pplz,
I have been cycling my nano saltwater tank for the past few weeks and it seems to just about be near the end. These are the water paras.
Ammonia - 0.1ppm
Nitrites - 1ppm
Nitrates - 30ppm
My questions are,
1. From my tests, the nitrites never got much higher than 5ppm. It must have gotten high to convert all that "off the charts" ammonia readings. I skipped a few days here and there so maybe it happened then, however to create nitrates, you need nitrites and if my nitrates are at 30ppm, there must have been a lot of nitrites before. I didn't seem to pick it up in my water checks - is this normal? Or was it likely that I just missed it?
2. When do I perform a water change on my tank? Do the paras have to be ammonia and nitrites at 0? And how big of a water change need to be done? (In %)
Tnx,
I have been cycling my nano saltwater tank for the past few weeks and it seems to just about be near the end. These are the water paras.
Ammonia - 0.1ppm
Nitrites - 1ppm
Nitrates - 30ppm
My questions are,
1. From my tests, the nitrites never got much higher than 5ppm. It must have gotten high to convert all that "off the charts" ammonia readings. I skipped a few days here and there so maybe it happened then, however to create nitrates, you need nitrites and if my nitrates are at 30ppm, there must have been a lot of nitrites before. I didn't seem to pick it up in my water checks - is this normal? Or was it likely that I just missed it?
2. When do I perform a water change on my tank? Do the paras have to be ammonia and nitrites at 0? And how big of a water change need to be done? (In %)
Tnx,