Hello all
I have a planted Rio 125 and bought a tetratec ex700 instead of the normal internal filter which i did nt like.
I did a fishless cycle using bactinettes, standard 5ppm and all seemed fine.
I added 10 harlequins and 3 rock shrimp and again it seemed ok
Then i added 2 Keyhole cyclids. now i am getting amonia spikes? I have to do water changes all the time (i always use dechlor)
I have bought 2 lots of bactinettes and added it to the filter and it has nt solved the problem
I was wondering if the flow rate might be too high on my filter so the bacteria arent getting enough contact time with the amonia and nitrite?
The flow rate is high and fish do get blown around if they are in the the stream of the outtake.
I have turned the flow rate down to see if it helps but dont want to sacrafice filter performance.
Can anyone give me any advice on what could be going wrong??
Thanks
I have a planted Rio 125 and bought a tetratec ex700 instead of the normal internal filter which i did nt like.
I did a fishless cycle using bactinettes, standard 5ppm and all seemed fine.
I added 10 harlequins and 3 rock shrimp and again it seemed ok
Then i added 2 Keyhole cyclids. now i am getting amonia spikes? I have to do water changes all the time (i always use dechlor)
I have bought 2 lots of bactinettes and added it to the filter and it has nt solved the problem
I was wondering if the flow rate might be too high on my filter so the bacteria arent getting enough contact time with the amonia and nitrite?
The flow rate is high and fish do get blown around if they are in the the stream of the outtake.
I have turned the flow rate down to see if it helps but dont want to sacrafice filter performance.
Can anyone give me any advice on what could be going wrong??
Thanks