I think my shrimps tank this afternoon, and There’s some weird white caterpillar crawling on the glass of my fish tank! Do I have to scrap them all and get out of my shrimp tank?
I’m currently maintaining a 5-gallon aquarium, but the water evaporates way too quickly even after just one day, so I’ve been adding API chlorine remover to tap water and only refilling the water every other day. I’m worried that this will raise the TDS, stress the shrimp in the tank, and lower the water quality Is there another good way?
I’m doing cycling first time, and ammonia is 0, nitrite nitrate just little(I guess).
I'm using Dr.tim ammonia, and I'm using fritzyme freshwater for now.
Should I add more bacteria every day? Or should I wait without bacteria and then add ammonia and bacteria after nitrite goes down to zero? I didn't know which way was right.
Now I'm starting cycling for the first time. I'm working hard on the research on cycling now, but it's hard. 3 days ago, I put Dr. Tim Ammonia in a 5-gallon fish tank and put Fritzzyme in a quantitative way, and ammonia was reduced from 4 ppm to 0 ppm. However, it still seems like nitrite is about 0.5 ppm and nitrate is about 2 ppm. Should I add just a little more ammonia to make 0.25 ppm? Or should I wait until the nitrite drops to 0 ppm and then add Dr. Tim ammonia? There are a lot of plants in my fish tank right now.
Now I'm starting cycling for the first time. I'm working hard on the research on cycling now, but it's hard. 3 days ago, I put Dr. Tim Ammonia in a 5-gallon fish tank and put Fritzzyme in a quantitative way, and ammonia was reduced from 4 ppm to 0 ppm. However, it still seems like nitrite is about 0.5 ppm and nitrate is about 2 ppm. Should I add just a little more ammonia to make 0.25 ppm? Or should I wait until the nitrite drops to 0 ppm and then add Dr. Tim ammonia? There are a lot of plants in my fish tank right now.
Now I'm starting cycling for the first time. I'm working hard on the research on cycling now, but it's hard. 3 days ago, I put Dr. Tim Ammonia in a 5-gallon fish tank and put Fritzzyme in a quantitative way, and ammonia was reduced from 4 ppm to 0 ppm. However, it still seems like nitrite is about 0.5 ppm and nitrate is about 2 ppm. Should I add just a little more ammonia to make 0.25 ppm? Or should I wait until the nitrite drops to 0 ppm and then add Dr. Tim ammonia? There are a lot of plants in my fish tank right now.
I am on day 14 of cycling the tank. Ammonia was 0.5 ppm on day 3, dropped to 0.25 ppm on day 8, and has now fallen to 0 ppm.
However, NO2 and NO3 levels have remained at 0 throughout the entire 14 days.
At the start, I filled the tank with tap water, added an API dechlorinator, and introduced a mystery snail, *Anubias nana*, Java fern, *Rotala blood*, and an almond leaf. I have also been adding 1.25 units of Seachem bacteria starter daily.
It is a 5-gallon tank. Did I do something wrong? The NO2 level isn't rising.
As I know, when ammonia drops to 0, No2 rising and beneficial bacteria will eat them and make NO3.
I am on day 14 of cycling the tank. Ammonia was 0.5 ppm on day 3, dropped to 0.25 ppm on day 8, and has now fallen to 0 ppm.
However, NO2 and NO3 levels have remained at 0 throughout the entire 14 days.
At the start, I filled the tank with tap water, added an API dechlorinator, and introduced a mystery snail, *Anubias nana*, Java fern, *Rotala blood*, and an almond leaf. I have also been adding 1.25 units of Seachem bacteria starter daily.
It is a 5-gallon tank. Did I do something wrong? The NO2 level isn't rising.
As I know, when ammonia drops to 0, No2 rising and beneficial bacteria will eat them and make NO3.