kaydee
New Member
Hi
Iām hoping someone will be able to make some sense of my readings as Iām confused.
Iām currently cycling a 138ltr tank with 12 Zebra Danios. The water was put in last Thursday and the Danios on Saturday. The tank is set up for Malawi Cichlids using marine sand & ocean rock. Running at a temp of 26/27 degrees. I have not used any material from an established tank the filter, pump and heater are all new. The tank was 2nd hand but was clean.
My readings are as follows, using Nutrafin Test.
.......................PH..........Ammonia...............Nitrite............Nitrate
Thursday........ 7.8
Friday ........ 8.0
Saturday.........8.0
Sunday...........8.2
Monday...........8.2...............trace................0.3
Tuesday..........8.2...............0.6..................0.5
Wednesday........8.2...............0.6..................0.8..................15
Apologies for the rubbish list, it wont let me copy in the one I have?
Iām a compleate beginner at keeping fish, this is my first tank. I have read books and trawled the internet and I was under the impression that the Ammonia will spike, then the Nitrite once they are at 0 Nitrate will give a reading. But Iām already getting Nitrate readings?
Iām baffled, can you shed any light??
Thanks in advance
Kerry
Iām hoping someone will be able to make some sense of my readings as Iām confused.
Iām currently cycling a 138ltr tank with 12 Zebra Danios. The water was put in last Thursday and the Danios on Saturday. The tank is set up for Malawi Cichlids using marine sand & ocean rock. Running at a temp of 26/27 degrees. I have not used any material from an established tank the filter, pump and heater are all new. The tank was 2nd hand but was clean.
My readings are as follows, using Nutrafin Test.
.......................PH..........Ammonia...............Nitrite............Nitrate
Thursday........ 7.8
Friday ........ 8.0
Saturday.........8.0
Sunday...........8.2
Monday...........8.2...............trace................0.3
Tuesday..........8.2...............0.6..................0.5
Wednesday........8.2...............0.6..................0.8..................15
Apologies for the rubbish list, it wont let me copy in the one I have?
Iām a compleate beginner at keeping fish, this is my first tank. I have read books and trawled the internet and I was under the impression that the Ammonia will spike, then the Nitrite once they are at 0 Nitrate will give a reading. But Iām already getting Nitrate readings?
Iām baffled, can you shed any light??
Thanks in advance
Kerry