Hi there,
I've been cycling my tank since early January (unfortunately with two fish, white clouds, I didn't know any better at the time).
Anyhow, my ammonia test kit is kind of confusing.
Nitrites have always read at 0, but for the ammonia kit, the reading shows up at 3.7 right now. But there is also another chart that you gage that reading against the ph (which is 7.2). This gives me another number of 0.03 when I cross reference the two numbers and it shows it's in the green zone.
What does this mean? Which number is my actual ammonia reading? Is the ammonia level at a point where I should do a water change? I've been doing weekly water changes so far of about 20-25% but it's doesn't appear to be cycling yet as my nitrites have been at zero right from the beginning.
Thanks.
I've been cycling my tank since early January (unfortunately with two fish, white clouds, I didn't know any better at the time).
Anyhow, my ammonia test kit is kind of confusing.
Nitrites have always read at 0, but for the ammonia kit, the reading shows up at 3.7 right now. But there is also another chart that you gage that reading against the ph (which is 7.2). This gives me another number of 0.03 when I cross reference the two numbers and it shows it's in the green zone.
What does this mean? Which number is my actual ammonia reading? Is the ammonia level at a point where I should do a water change? I've been doing weekly water changes so far of about 20-25% but it's doesn't appear to be cycling yet as my nitrites have been at zero right from the beginning.
Thanks.