ewolfe315
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;D OK I"ve been doing everything by the book. My latest water tests are below.
PH - 6.0 ? It's nearly clear
NH3/NH4 - 0.50
Nitrites -0
Nitrates- between 1 -5, It's not yellow and it's not orange.. It's gold
Now according to all the info I have read, It states if the PH is below 7.0 it's considered ammonium (which is not deadly to fish). The only way I can get an ammonia reading is if my Ph is over 7.0...
Am I correct on this or am I really losing it,LOL... Is Ammonium levels a concern for me or not???
It's been over 2 months now and only 1 time did I have a PH at 7.0 and the ammonia readings were at 0, the Nitrites 1.0 and the Nitrates have been a steady 0 to 5 for the past 3 weeks..At one time everything was extremely high except for PH.
Could the cycling process cause the PH to hit 7.0 and then the rest started declining(ammonia, nitrites,nitrates). And now that the Ph has gone down, I'm sitting here with Ammonium and not Ammonia levels.
I'm confused. It's a nicely stocked 55 gallon tank with mainly small community fish except for these 2 Angels I have with only 1 live plant. Been doing frequent water changes, cleaning gravel 1/3 every week, washing out the filter in a bucket of tank water.
John
PH - 6.0 ? It's nearly clear
NH3/NH4 - 0.50
Nitrites -0
Nitrates- between 1 -5, It's not yellow and it's not orange.. It's gold
Now according to all the info I have read, It states if the PH is below 7.0 it's considered ammonium (which is not deadly to fish). The only way I can get an ammonia reading is if my Ph is over 7.0...
Am I correct on this or am I really losing it,LOL... Is Ammonium levels a concern for me or not???
It's been over 2 months now and only 1 time did I have a PH at 7.0 and the ammonia readings were at 0, the Nitrites 1.0 and the Nitrates have been a steady 0 to 5 for the past 3 weeks..At one time everything was extremely high except for PH.
Could the cycling process cause the PH to hit 7.0 and then the rest started declining(ammonia, nitrites,nitrates). And now that the Ph has gone down, I'm sitting here with Ammonium and not Ammonia levels.
I'm confused. It's a nicely stocked 55 gallon tank with mainly small community fish except for these 2 Angels I have with only 1 live plant. Been doing frequent water changes, cleaning gravel 1/3 every week, washing out the filter in a bucket of tank water.
John