Tonights Results 65l Fishless ...comment Welcomed Please

[Ginga@139]

Ok now i know the nitrite levels have been no where close
lets redfine my tank results
ammonia stoll seems to be consuming at about 3ml or 4 ml per 24hrs

Ammonia .O.0ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites Off Scale.... drops went straight to bottom purple
All Nitrite results below are with 5 drop test done then a good shake , so might as well be disregarded
so all considered how are the results now .. and when should i expect nitrites to start dropping

will be dosing 3.5ml of ammonia again tonight
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Tank still nice warm 29c
Dosed up 5ml of ammonia at 11pm last night

12th Test 1050am tuesday 18th
Ammonia 2pm
Nitrates 10ppm
Nitrites O.5ppm

Ok tell me about my results ... ive never had nitrite this low.. good? bad?
ammonia this seem to be eating up abou 3ml every 12 hrs correct??
nitrates doubled to 10.. good? or Bad?

please as normal all coment welcome
thanks Ginga
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11th Test 8.30pm monday 17th
Ammonia Oppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites 1.0ppm
PH 8


ok so with these results im going to add another 3.5 ml of ammonia ..yes thats correct ??? everybody please tell me yess
tommorrow i can check at 12 hrs . off work for next 10 days so hoping to finish this off by then .. all fingers crossed ..pleaseee



Ok Added 3.5ml of ammonia at about 9am this morning
been out all day.. had great day thanks
so results as below
How are these results for 12hrs???
10th test
9pm sunday 16th
Ammonia 2ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites 2.0ppm

so conculsion
ammoinia up to 2ppm from 0.25 this morning
Nitrates same at 5ppm
nitrites up to 2ppm from 1ppm this morning

please tell me what you think

8am 16th sunday
9th Test
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites 1.0ppm



8th Test
Ammonia 2.0ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites 2.0ppm
PH 8

7th Test
14/08/09
Ammonia 0.0ppm
Nitrates 5ppm
Nitrites 2.0ppm

was suprized to see ammonia at "O"
nitrates dropped to 5 and nitrotes the same
Do i now add another 3ml of ammonia to the tank???

6th Test
13/08/09
Ammonia 1.0ppm
Nitrates 10ppm
Nitrites 2.0ppm




12/08/09
5th Test
Ammonia Lighter than 2ppm but not quite 1ppm
Nitrates 40ppm
Nitrites 2ppm

11/08/09 8.15pm
4th Test
Ammonia 2.0ppm
Nitrates 40ppm
Nitrites 2.0ppm



so were these figuress going??
Are they going in right direction


3rd Test 10/08/09
8.30pm
PH 7.6
Ammonia 4ppm
Nitrates 20ppm
Nitrites 2ppm




2nd Test 9/8/09
8pm
Ph 7.6
Ammonia .. 4.0 ppm but not quite light enough to be 2.0ppm
Nitrates ... looks lighter than 40ppm but not quite 20 ppm
Nitrites 5ppm



1st test 8/8/09
8pm
PH 7.6
Ammonia 4 ppm
Nitrates 40ppm
Nitrites 2ppm

 

[jmkgreen]

It's important to not concern yourself about the precise figures. Over-analysing whether you're seeing enough of one property over another doesn't help anyone

The important matter is that after adding ammonia the filter converts the pollutant into Nitrites then Nitrates. The first stage is usually fairly quick to build up, the second stage often takes weeks. Once you see your nitrates rise then you know that second bacterial stage has began to develop. Even so, it may take a few more weeks before your filter can cope with 2ppm of ammonia let alone 5ppm.

Don't add too much ammonia (I am not suggesting you are) - you want enough to "stress" your bacteria giving it a bit of a challenge to rise to, but not so much that you end up with massive nitrates which can in turn lead to "complications". Build things up but seriously, take a bit of a laid-back "it'll happen when it's ready" view!

 

[Ginga@139]

thanks,
going back to basics i think
added 3.5ml of ammonia tonight , by the way thing sre going should be gone tommorrow eveing then i add some more
just wondering if it worth only teating say every other day and just watch ammonia levels daily??

 

[Tropical_Fish]

It's best to keep a complete set of result incase you have any problems but technically you are only really interested in Nitrite levels so you *could* leave the other tests and just test for nitrite once a day until you see it drop - but if you do have any issues then you wouldn't have the data to help.

It's also worth testing the pH as it will probably start to drop as your Nitrates get sky high