New Tank Cycling

[markandjanice]

i am very new to this so please have patience with me, i am only trying to make sure if do right by the fish.

ok started cycling a new tropical fish tank, put immonia in last nite and did my first water sample test tonight, here are my results:

PH = 7.6 actually maybe slightly more but doesnt show higher on my chart?
AMMONIA = 4.0 which is bang on
NITRITE = 0.0
NITRATE = 0.0

any ideas on the PH, that seems high if am not mistaken? i am using pure immonia (9%)

its a 140litre tank

i'm going to be keeping cardinals, rummynose and cherrybarbs when all is done.

i'll check waters again tomorrow.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

It's a good pH for cycling actually. The closer to 8.0 the better! Go ahead and put your temp up to 30 as well

Good luck!

 

[RossC]

pH goes all over the place whilst cycling so don't worry about it at the moment best to test your tap water instead. Also ammonia is a not i lol. Good to hear your doing fish less.

 

[markandjanice]

temp upto 30

and oops type hehe...

thanks both!

and yeh i must confess got a bleeping 28litre knew nothing about fish so went to P&H, "give it 3 days blah blah", now doin bleeping water changes every other flipping day! grrrrrrrrrrr...thankfully lost no fish but i do feel for them and i genuinly feel bad

RSPCA shud visit them!

 

[markandjanice]

my tap water is about 7 / 7.2 just tested

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

so...there are fish in the tank now?

 

[markandjanice]

so...there are fish in the tank now?

no not yet mate, i set it up at the wkend and added pure immonia 2nite, got to go through the process ive been told!

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

ah ok, phew! hehe yes you do, just from what you said before I got a bit confused

 

[markandjanice]

ah ok, phew! hehe yes you do, just from what you said before I got a bit confused

hey mate i tell ya am totally confused!!! new to this...

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

lol well this bit is fun because you'll find you're learning loads of new stuff all the time

 

[markandjanice]

lol well this bit is fun because you'll find you're learning loads of new stuff all the time

oh its only day one of testing but its enjoyable, its just understanding it all

 

[RossC]

Check out Fish-less cycling in the beginners centre. Its in my signature will help you understand

 

[markandjanice]

Check out Fish-less cycling in the beginners centre. Its in my signature will help you understand

brilliant cheers RossC

 

[RossC]

My pleasure

 

[Essjay]

my tap water is about 7 / 7.2 just tested

Let a glass of tap water stand overnight and test it again. The chances are it will have changed. My tapwater goes up from 7.2 to 7.4 after standing.