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« on: October 19, 2009, 09:37:00 AM » |
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the other day i call tetra and they told me not to do anymore water change til the amno hits 0 i just test the readings and they are NitrIte 0.50 NitrAte 10 and anmo 4.0 and i havent did any water change sense oct 1,2009. need advice and help.
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 11:02:42 AM » |
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Do you have any fish in the tank?
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 11:31:04 AM » |
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If you have fish in the tank, I'd do a partial change at this point - maybe a quarter to a third. Enough for the bacteria to be able to play catch-up.  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 12:30:12 PM » |
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no fish in the tank it is a fishless tank right now
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 12:43:08 PM » |
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Then just leave it be until you have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and readable nitrates.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 01:41:11 PM » |
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That's the advantage of a fishless cycle, you can let the ammonia and NitrIte levels get above what would cause fish distress or even death. Speeds up the process without harming living creatures.
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 09:04:29 AM » |
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update on 29 gallon tank fishless from oct 1 thruogh nov 5 NitrIte 0 NitrAte 5.0 sense i ran out of amno drops i have to buy a lil mate snapper amno alert after 1 day with it in the water it reads yellow which is 0 amno idea green is stress and blue is need help. so what yal think time for a fish or not.
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 08:59:16 PM » |
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I'm not positive I understand your post, the grammar is a bit garbled, but it sounds like you are ready for fish.
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 09:29:47 AM » |
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i said that the NitrIte is 0 and NitrAte 5.0 and i ran out of anmo drops on bottle 2 and i brought a lil mate snapper anmo alert to put in the fish tank and it reads yellow which is the same as 0 anmo and i add fish to the tank anyways they are common small goldfish the cheap once for .38 cents that way if they die i want lose no money on them.
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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 12:19:08 PM » |
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Your readings are good. Tank should be cycled with those readings, it was the right time to get fish.  |
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