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Diatoms....quite normal for a new aquarium in the cycle process. They can appear later on too...I have no love plants as of yet and no light.
What are the brown stuff all over everything?
Diatoms....quite normal for a new aquarium in the cycle process. They can appear later on too...I have no love plants as of yet and no light.
What are the brown stuff all over everything?
I see..Diatoms....quite normal for a new aquarium in the cycle process. They can appear later on too...
Thanks,Diatoms are caused mainly be light and ammonia. During cycling there is a lot of ammonia in the water, there's nothing which can be done about this as ammonia is needed to grow the bacteria. But tank lights can be turned off if there are no live plants - and the bacteria grow better in the dark. But once the tank is cycled, they usually disappear, though it is impossible to say how long this will take as every tank is different.
Dr Tim's One & Only is one of the best bacterial starters but it will not work if it's ever got too hot or too cold during shipping or in the fish store. Since it has to travel from the USA this is quite possible.
Cycling needs patience. It took a total of 7 weeks for my tank to cycle, and 21 days before any sign of nitrite appearing.
Thanks!Since 1 ppm ammonia is converted to 2.7 ppm nitrite, the amount of ammonia drop to give 0.25 ppm nitrite is so small it hardly shows up with the tester. But the fact that you now have nitrite is a good sign. You will probably find nitrite shoots up over the next few days while ammonia slowly drops. Wait until ammonia is under 0.75 and nitrite over 2 before adding more ammonia.
Thanks!If the water is evaporating it needs to be topped up. Ideally that should be done with 'pure' water such as reverse osmosis, but topping up with tap water is OK during cycling - remember to add water conditioner to remove the chlorine or chloramine in the tap water before adding it to the tank.
Problem is i need a very little amount...I buy cheap syringes from Amazon, I find them useful for a number of tank related processes.View attachment 155797
They come in a variety of sizes and have increments marked…I would think the 1ml size would have 0.25 and 0.5 marked…Problem is i need a very little amount...
Maybe I inly need to add 2 litres do its around 0.25..
Its api stress coat+Which API product are you using, and do you need to treat chlorine or chloramine?
If it's API Tap Water Conditioner, I would use just 1 drop for 3 litres. That says 1 drop per 3.8 litres (1 US gallon) for chlorine and 3 drops per 3.8 litres (1 US gallon) for chloramine.
For future use, a 1 ml babies medicine dosing syringe is ideal for tiny amounts.
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