LineDropper
Fish Fanatic
Ok, I am visiting my brother this weekend... he has had a tank for 5+ years (75g). He recently breed cichlids so the tank must be in good shape.
We just did an API test and got the following results, pH = 7.0, Ammonia = between 0 and .25 (not absolute 0), Nitrite = .25, Nitrate = 40.
When a tank is cycled, the ammonia should be 0 and the nitrite should be 0 - right?
If that is right, I was wondering why he was showing a little ammonia and nitrite.
One note to add -- he recently added a pleco (5 days ago) because he had a good amount of algae buildup. That pleco has gone nuts and sucked the glass clean... so could the ammonia and nitrite be a result of heavy activity from a pleco?
Thanks for any comments ---- still learning!
We just did an API test and got the following results, pH = 7.0, Ammonia = between 0 and .25 (not absolute 0), Nitrite = .25, Nitrate = 40.
When a tank is cycled, the ammonia should be 0 and the nitrite should be 0 - right?
If that is right, I was wondering why he was showing a little ammonia and nitrite.
One note to add -- he recently added a pleco (5 days ago) because he had a good amount of algae buildup. That pleco has gone nuts and sucked the glass clean... so could the ammonia and nitrite be a result of heavy activity from a pleco?
Thanks for any comments ---- still learning!
Keep checking over the comming weeks and see if it drops.
