mytropicals
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Hi All,
I have recently set up a 55 litre tropical tank.
I cycled it using 2 danios & filter media from my other tanks in preparation for having malawi cichlids.
I tested the water 2 days ago & all readings were o.k Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10. I added the rocks prior to putting the cichlids in & also buffered the PH to 8.2 for them.
I added 3 medium sized cichlids & 1 puffer to the tank yesterday afternoon.
Tonight I noticed that the puffer is just lying under a rock, one of the cichlids was hiding inside a cave and the other two were swimming around o.k. So i decided to test the water as I thought something wasn't right.
Test results showed Ammonia 0.5, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 20.....Please could someone advice on whats happened in such a short period of time, suddenly got ammonia but Nitrate has also increased.
What has gone wrong or this o.k???
I have recently set up a 55 litre tropical tank.
I cycled it using 2 danios & filter media from my other tanks in preparation for having malawi cichlids.
I tested the water 2 days ago & all readings were o.k Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10. I added the rocks prior to putting the cichlids in & also buffered the PH to 8.2 for them.
I added 3 medium sized cichlids & 1 puffer to the tank yesterday afternoon.
Tonight I noticed that the puffer is just lying under a rock, one of the cichlids was hiding inside a cave and the other two were swimming around o.k. So i decided to test the water as I thought something wasn't right.
Test results showed Ammonia 0.5, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 20.....Please could someone advice on whats happened in such a short period of time, suddenly got ammonia but Nitrate has also increased.
What has gone wrong or this o.k???