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Just make sure they are all males or you will end up like me with a fry invasionI would suggest endlers and guppies as well
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Just make sure they are all males or you will end up like me with a fry invasionI would suggest endlers and guppies as well
Stick with once a week unless there is an issueThey've all gone back to normal now it seems
Is it best to stick to doing a water test every week or should I do another test sooner as I've changed the water?
Pretty normal. The full cycle can take up to 12 weeks and you are in the final stretch. Feeding less will help and so will adding live plants. Nitrite is the most poisonous of the ntrogen compounds. It can only form once you have the bacteria to convert ammonia to nitrite, and the bacteria that convert nitrite to nitrate can only establish once nitrite is present.Will do a test tomorrow.
Is it pretty normal to get results like I’ve been getting in a new tank? Would feeding them less help, or adding in any treatments to the water?
The only ‘extras’ I have to put in the water is the Aqua purifying ball things which I’ve added some of.
I can see your nitrite seems lower than it was before so that's a positive sign.So after doing a water change last night I’ve done another test just now and the results seem pretty much the same again?
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So not even 24 hours after doing the change the results look bad.
Surely something isn’t right or I’m doing something wrong?
Do I really need to do a 50%+ water change every day (assuming that’s even doing anything, I never did another test straight after changing it).
Here's what you should do:Thanks for the tips/info, I've ordered a bottleof the Tetra SafeStart which will be here tomorrow.
Do I add a dosage of that at any time directly to the tank or at the same time as doing a water change?
And how often should I add a dosage of it?
And I assume I continue adding the AquaSafe to new water as normal even when using the SafeStart?\\I
Today I shall do another water change, is it worth doing another test as soon as I've done a water change or does it take a while for it to all 'circulate'?
Apologies for the many questions I just like to do things correctly and don't want to mess it up.