newfishgirl
New Member
Hi everyone, I am having a bad case of new tank syndrome. (See 'need help dealing with new tank syndrome')
Anyways, I've decided to take my last two danios back to the store and continue the cycle fishless. I have read all the material about fishless cycling on these forums (thank you!) and am pretty sure I can do it. I have the test kit and will be looking for the ammonia this weekend.
I've done a test with these results so far as a base reading. The results are: pH is 7.6, Ammonia is 8ppm (at least), Nitrite is .25ppm, and Nitrate is 0ppm.
I have a heater that can not be adjusted and stays at 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Oh, and it's a 10g tank that I will be stocking with fish recommended from that lovely post by Sylvia.
My friend is going to give me her mature filter media along with some gravel. I'm going to do another reading after I add that stuff but I'm not sure how long I should wait til I do it. Suggestions?
Also, since I'll have the mature media in it and my ammonia is already so high, should I add more? I assume probably not but I'm not going to go by instincts anymore since 7 of my 9 fish have died.
I think that's it for now, I'm sure there will be more later. Thank you in advance!
Anyways, I've decided to take my last two danios back to the store and continue the cycle fishless. I have read all the material about fishless cycling on these forums (thank you!) and am pretty sure I can do it. I have the test kit and will be looking for the ammonia this weekend.
I've done a test with these results so far as a base reading. The results are: pH is 7.6, Ammonia is 8ppm (at least), Nitrite is .25ppm, and Nitrate is 0ppm.
I have a heater that can not be adjusted and stays at 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Oh, and it's a 10g tank that I will be stocking with fish recommended from that lovely post by Sylvia.
My friend is going to give me her mature filter media along with some gravel. I'm going to do another reading after I add that stuff but I'm not sure how long I should wait til I do it. Suggestions?
Also, since I'll have the mature media in it and my ammonia is already so high, should I add more? I assume probably not but I'm not going to go by instincts anymore since 7 of my 9 fish have died.
I think that's it for now, I'm sure there will be more later. Thank you in advance!