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Thats the problem though, its been about 11 days now. And I've been feeding them very little amounts every 2 days. So i'm confused why its taking this long for a .25ppm spike. I see what your saying, thanks for responding. My only problem is I can't use my tap water because it has ammonia...

Thanks for that, I meant to say .25ppm.

Hey sorry to bother you again, but I've been doing PWC's since we talked and the ammonia was staying at 2.5ppm, but today I just checked my ammonia and it was .5ppm. Any ideas on what's going on? I'm feeding them extremely sparingly, and am getting any fish feces or uneaten food out of the...

I had a minor ammonia spike in my tank so I have been feeding my fish very little to help the tank stabilize. I finally fed the fish today after two days of fasting. I noticed both of my dwarf gouramis had clear stringy feces with a very small amount of white in it. Is this because of the...

Ok sounds good, thanks.

Thanks, should I do a gravel vac too? Typically how long would it take for the filter to catch up? Days? Weeks? Thanks again for the information.

Hi everyone. A little over a week ago my tank finally finished its cycle (tested 0's for a few days, except nitrAte is always 5ppm). Since then I've added two dwarf gouramis, and one zebra snail. Its a 20 gallon tank and I cycled it with 4 zebra danios whom are still in there making a total...

Ok cool, thank you

Thanks thats what i thought it might be. Also my tank had nitrIte levels the other day but they seem to be dissipating, my readings today (after that huge water change yesterday) were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrITe, 5.0 Nitrate. Any estimate as to when I should be able to add more fish? Although my...

Im about 70% through my "fish in" cycle. I have 4 danios in there that seem healthy and happy. I just did a 75% water change today because the tank was getting pretty cloudy, also I used a gravel vac on the substrate to get out any hidden debris. The tank got less cloudy after the WC but...

Yeah I know just keeping it at 80 for the cycle, I plan on lowering it when its done, thanks for the advice though. But yeah my tap has ammonia and high nitrite in it so I can't use it, at least not while its cycling with fish in it. Oh and thanks for answering so quickly!

As some of you know, my tank is cycling at the moment. It should be done in another week or two. Since I don't have good tap water I use spring water for my (20g) tank. I have 4 zebra danios in there who are healthy. Anyway, my water got extremely cloudy and dirty recently so I decided to do...

Ok I just tested the water again today, I think its day 9 or 10 of the cycle. I got ammonia: 0-.25 (not fully in .25 color range but not 0), NitrIte: .25, NitrAte: 5.0. Man is this tank inconsistent lol. So I'm gonna rule out that I got a quick cycle. From what it looks like the ammonia was...

Thanks for the replies, this tank is driving me crazy lol. FYI I checked the spring water again from the actual jug it comes in and got no nitrate readings. So I guess there's nitrate generating in my tank (which is weird this early). I almost want to put another fish in there to see if the...

Hey sorry i keep dragging you back to this post but ever since the water change (2 days ago), I have seen no ammonia or nitrIte readings. The fish are happy, fed once a day, and the only other noticeable thing about the tank is that its slightly cloudy. I just don't understand how the ammonia...

Day 7: 0-ammonia, 0-nitrIte, 5.0-nitrAte

Hey, I did a 50% water change with spring water from my grocery store. Before I put it in the tank I put prime in it and shook it up. Is that good enough to get any chlorine out?

Update: Today I tested my water and got; Ammonia-.25, NitrIte-.25, Nitrate-5.0. The ammonia test wasn't fully in the .25 area but it wasn't zero, same thing with the NitrIte, it wasn't zero but wasn't dark enough to be .25. Both tested in between 0 and .25. I find it weird that the nitrIte...

No problem!

I understand, but rinsing it in tap upon first installation shouldn't have an effect on the bacteria at this stage of the game right?

The first time I set up the filter i rinsed the pad in tap, but that was like 8 days ago, plus the prime got rid of any chlorine in there since. So that shouldn't be a problem right?

Will do. Thanks for the advice

Thanks. Yeah I'm very anal about testing, I make sure I shake the bottle and accurately put drops in the test tube. The ammonia test does work because I actually tested water from someone else's tank that did in fact have ammonia in it and the test came up very positive. As for the temp. I...

Thanks for the reply. I just have the standard cartridge that came with the aqueon filter. So from what you are saying, I have the "ammonia eating" bacteria already in there? If that were the case wouldn't I be seeing Nitrite readings? Or do you think since the tap water had nitrite in it...

Okay so after using a different aquarium forum site and receiving close to nothing from the members I decided to make an account on here, hopefully you guys can give me more help. Anyway, I set up a 20gallon (high) freshwater aquarium about a week ago. I am doing a "fish-in" cycle with 4...