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Since its fishless add some baking soda. Like a quarter teaspoon. Try and keep your cycle above 7.0 at least until the cycle is complete. The tss+ may actually still just be dormant. You could add some araginite or crushed coral in a media bag in your filter. This will leach slowly and should buffer your kh better. At 6.6, you are on the cusp of not having the ability for your bb to reproduce or even stay very active.EddieO said:
I added the baking soda, that won’t hurt the fish after it cycles tho right?Wraithen said:Since its fishless add some baking soda. Like a quarter teaspoon. Try and keep your cycle above 7.0 at least until the cycle is complete. The tss+ may actually still just be dormant. You could add some araginite or crushed coral in a media bag in your filter. This will leach slowly and should buffer your kh better. At 6.6, you are on the cusp of not having the ability for your bb to reproduce or even stay very active.
pH went up to 7.0 I’m gonna test the other levels nowWraithen said:Correct. Since you dont have fish in there, the rapid swing upward in kh and ph wont hurt anything. You have to be much more delicate when using this method with fish in the tank. Did you test ph yet? It should increase almost instantly.
Ammonia still not moving, don’t understand why and getting very frustrated, why isn’t it cyclingWraithen said:Correct. Since you dont have fish in there, the rapid swing upward in kh and ph wont hurt anything. You have to be much more delicate when using this method with fish in the tank. Did you test ph yet? It should increase almost instantly.
Can I get a picture of your tank setup?EddieO said:Ammonia still not moving, don’t understand why and getting very frustrated, why isn’t it cycling
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you in a while, been so caught up in life and work, I gave the tank a few days without testing. Ammonia is dropping which is good, between 0.5 and 1.0 ppm, but nitrite still at 0, is this normal?Wraithen said:How are the tests coming out?
Have you seen a cloudy water situation develop? I would expect that by the end of the day if the tss+ wasn't a complete dud.
Yes. When using tss, you typically wont see the nitrite spike. It's the one part of the cycle that tss really excels pretty much every time.EddieO said:Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you in a while, been so caught up in life and work, I gave the tank a few days without testing. Ammonia is dropping which is good, between 0.5 and 1.0 ppm, but nitrite still at 0, is this normal?
Can you put fish in a tank with 0.25 ppm ammonia and no nitrite and nitrate? Will it survive if monitored?Wraithen said:Yes. When using tss, you typically wont see the nitrite spike. It's the one part of the cycle that tss really excels pretty much every time.
Depends on ph and temp. The lower ph and temp, the more of it is ammonium. With that said, .25 ammonia at 76 degrees and a ph of less than 8.0, all but the most sensitive fish will be fine.EddieO said:Can you put fish in a tank with 0.25 ppm ammonia and no nitrite and nitrate? Will it survive if monitored?
I lowered my temp to 75, ph is 7.2. I’m gonna add my fish in either tomorrow or Saturday. Gonna monitor the ammonia and other levels, hopefully cycle will finish soon. Will let you know what happensWraithen said:Depends on ph and temp. The lower ph and temp, the more of it is ammonium. With that said, .25 ammonia at 76 degrees and a ph of less than 8.0, all but the most sensitive fish will be fine.
Have my fish almost a day now. Look great! Monitoring ammonia levels, hope it goes wellEddieO said:I lowered my temp to 75, ph is 7.2. I’m gonna add my fish in either tomorrow or Saturday. Gonna monitor the ammonia and other levels, hopefully cycle will finish soon. Will let you know what happens
Ammonia is still 0.25 ppm, any reason why there is no sign of nitrite or nitrate yet?EddieO said:Have my fish almost a day now. Look great! Monitoring ammonia levels, hope it goes well