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That nitrates are 0 in a cycled tank is quite weird.Rdrb said:Guys i know i posted this already and said maybe their (black skirt tetra)healthy thats all but i see day by day there is no reduction of redness infact it looks even more red when its supposed to be black please help
Pictures arent loading btw water parameters are ok ammonia doesnt show any increase nitrates and nitrites 0
Also the tank has been running fr a year or so waterchanges are weekly also i dont onow my api nitrate test may be wrong cause it shows 0 all the time wen i test water of diff tanksDoubleDutch said:That nitrates are 0 in a cycled tank is quite weird.
Does the water looks "foggy" ?Rdrb said:Heres the pic of one
Infact its crystal clearDoubleDutch said:Does the water looks "foggy" ?
ok but can you please wait for 5 minutes fr the coulor to formpagoda said:Can you post an image of the tests with the colour chart though please just so everyone can be sure that you are reading them correctly.....if using paper strips and not the liquid, they are often inaccurate and give false positives
yes belly sideDoubleDutch said:Again they all show redness on the same spots don't they ?
Agreed...the water is definitely "off"...DoubleDutch said:Again they all show redness on the same spots don't they ?
What do you feed them (could be you amswered that earlier)?Rdrb said:So
yes belly side
I'd expect redness around the gills in that case.pagoda said:Agreed...the water is definitely "off"...
Redness like that is almost classic ammonia levels being too high
How often are you changing the water and are you de-chlorinating properly?
Normal pellet food different types tho which i do alternate daysDoubleDutch said:What do you feed them (could be you amswered that earlier)?
Weekly 25 %pagoda said:Agreed...the water is definitely "off"...
Redness like that is almost classic ammonia levels being too high
How often are you changing the water and are you de-chlorinating properly?
3 mins ill send you the ammonia testDoubleDutch said:They still look extremely healthy to me.
No they werent like this however this prob has been there fr a few months anyways will do a 75% wcMissNoodle said:Ammonia looks 0.50 to me
Were they like this when you got them? It almost looks like they were dyed
Hope so,DoubleDutch said:My guess is a "crossbred" with Glofish.