Hey there !
Long story short, I got a Biorb 45l (aroung 12 gallon) for christmas. It was my first ever tank so, of course, I did everything wrong.
BiOrb are great looking tank but they should definitively not advertise their tank the way they do.
So I started my fish-in cycle a while ago and I wanna make sure I interpret the results right.
I got myself an Nutrafin masterkit test.
My first reading were very bad, it showed a very high level an ammonia. I did a few waterchanges and now it has been around 0,6 for over a week.
The nitrite reading was around 0.1 and the nitrate around 5.
I've got pretty much the same reading for over 2 weeks so I have no clue if that is a good sign or a bad sign.
I am a bit worried that the ammonia doesn't seem to want to go down any further...
Some suggested I do some more waterchanges to keep the ammonia level low, but I am worry the cycle will never complete
if I keep on doing waterchanges every other day.
The tank iss currently stocked with one molly and 3 guppies, they all seem to do great so far, at least.
I'll be waiting for your advices !
Long story short, I got a Biorb 45l (aroung 12 gallon) for christmas. It was my first ever tank so, of course, I did everything wrong.
BiOrb are great looking tank but they should definitively not advertise their tank the way they do.
So I started my fish-in cycle a while ago and I wanna make sure I interpret the results right.
I got myself an Nutrafin masterkit test.
My first reading were very bad, it showed a very high level an ammonia. I did a few waterchanges and now it has been around 0,6 for over a week.
The nitrite reading was around 0.1 and the nitrate around 5.
I've got pretty much the same reading for over 2 weeks so I have no clue if that is a good sign or a bad sign.
I am a bit worried that the ammonia doesn't seem to want to go down any further...
Some suggested I do some more waterchanges to keep the ammonia level low, but I am worry the cycle will never complete
if I keep on doing waterchanges every other day.
The tank iss currently stocked with one molly and 3 guppies, they all seem to do great so far, at least.
I'll be waiting for your advices !