Vachap
Hi, I've been in the hobby less than a year and I am hooked! I started with 1 Betta and a fish bowl, upgraded to a 5 gal., then to a 20 gallon. My 20G is well planted and is home to 1 one male Betta named Big Red, 6 Neon Tetras (newest addition), 4 Corys (Fat Albert, Little Albert (albinos), Big Bertha (bronze), and Cory (peppered), and 1 Bristlenose named Sneaky Pete.
I am in the process of cycling a new 10 gallon tank and need some advice. This time around I'm going fishless, with fish was way to stressful! I started with a HOB filter with a used cartridge, a couple of gallons of water, plants and a piece of driftwood from my cycled tank. Everything tested good but I was impatient and afraid it wasn't really cycled so, about a week later I added Dr. Tim's One and Only and Ammonia as directed. I'm on day 5. Ammonia went from 2 to 4 to 2; nitrites have remained at 0 (testing with API Freshwater Master kit). The problem is my PH started at 6.5 on day 2; I did a 25% Water change as directed, on day 4 it was 6, did another 25% WC, today still at 6...directions clearly say don't manipulate PH, so, what should I do? Why won't the PH increase? Tomorrow I am supposed to add more ammonia, should I? Thanks in advance for the advice.
I am in the process of cycling a new 10 gallon tank and need some advice. This time around I'm going fishless, with fish was way to stressful! I started with a HOB filter with a used cartridge, a couple of gallons of water, plants and a piece of driftwood from my cycled tank. Everything tested good but I was impatient and afraid it wasn't really cycled so, about a week later I added Dr. Tim's One and Only and Ammonia as directed. I'm on day 5. Ammonia went from 2 to 4 to 2; nitrites have remained at 0 (testing with API Freshwater Master kit). The problem is my PH started at 6.5 on day 2; I did a 25% Water change as directed, on day 4 it was 6, did another 25% WC, today still at 6...directions clearly say don't manipulate PH, so, what should I do? Why won't the PH increase? Tomorrow I am supposed to add more ammonia, should I? Thanks in advance for the advice.