Alright, I have a 20 gal tank that I just added my largest fish to pretty recently. Before I just had a small dwarf gold spot pleco (at least that's what most say it is, it is fairly small, only about 2.5 inches) a neon blue dwarf gourami about 2 inches, and a young female dwarf gourami that's about 1.5. About a week ago or so I added a bristlenose pleco that is about 4 or so inches.
What I've noticed recently is that the odor of the tank has gotten a lot stronger..I expected it would with the addition of the pleco, but it is more than I expected. I do have a few live plants in the tank that have been there for a while and my tank has been running for over 6 months. I just did some quick readings with an eye dropper test, and this is about what I got.
Nitire was about 0 ppm
Ph was about 7.0 7.1
Ammonia appears to be about halfway between 0 and 0.25 ppm
I have been doing about 15-20% water changes the past few days..just wondering if this is something i need to be that concerned about.
What I've noticed recently is that the odor of the tank has gotten a lot stronger..I expected it would with the addition of the pleco, but it is more than I expected. I do have a few live plants in the tank that have been there for a while and my tank has been running for over 6 months. I just did some quick readings with an eye dropper test, and this is about what I got.
Nitire was about 0 ppm
Ph was about 7.0 7.1
Ammonia appears to be about halfway between 0 and 0.25 ppm
I have been doing about 15-20% water changes the past few days..just wondering if this is something i need to be that concerned about.
