Happy Birthday Talltree!

[Blondielovesfish]

Ammonia is at about 4-8ppm
Nitrite is about 5+
Nitrate is about 0-5.
Progress is good.

 
Mature media does wonders eh?

 

[TallTree01]

Aye, it does. So what are the rules? When ammonia can go from 5ppm to 0 in under 12 hours its safe?
In a 13 liter tank and an ammonia solution 20 grams per liter how much ammonia will I need to get to 5ppm?

 

[Blondielovesfish]

You want the ammonia to be at 3ppm, not 5.
 
I suggest you read the cycling article again
 
The calculator at the top of the page should help you determine how much is needed.

 

[TallTree01]

We have a betta!
He's a blue and red crown tail. Pics will com!

 

[Blondielovesfish]

PICS!!!!!! NAP:
 
Congrats on getting one!

 

[TallTree01]

His name is bubbles.

 

[TallTree01]

Pics:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Enjoy!

 

[ncguppy830]

Very Cute Betta!

 

[Blondielovesfish]

 
Cute fish!
 
Nice finger

 

[TallTree01]

I didn't take the pics. Mine wouldn't be anywhere near as good.
I'll pass onto my GF that the stranger from the Internet thinks she has a nice finger LOL.

It really is a stunning creature.

 

[Shelster]

Lovely betta TT

Welcome bubbles!

 

[TallTree01]

Aargh! Just spent 10 minutes trying to calculate how much ammonia will be needed to get it to 3ppm. Still haven't figured it out.

God I hate math....

 

[TallTree01]

I have figured out that 4 syringe-capacities ( unknown volume about 3~ml ) = 24 ppm so 1 syringe = 6ppm.
So to figure out when I'm cycled I will put in 1/2 a syringe worth of ammonia which will bring me to 3ppm. Which then enables me to be able to see by what extent the ammonia level has gone down over a 12 hour period.

Sorry of what I just said makes no sense.

 

[Ninjouzata]

May not be of any help now but you don't have to do any math, just enter everything in the calculator http/www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm at the bottom

May want to take a smidge off the volume of the tank to account for substrate and whatnot.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I have figured out that 4 syringe-capacities ( unknown volume about 3~ml ) = 24 ppm so 1 syringe = 6ppm.
So to figure out when I'm cycled I will put in 1/2 a syringe worth of ammonia which will bring me to 3ppm. Which then enables me to be able to see by what extent the ammonia level has gone down over a 12 hour period.

Sorry of what I just said makes no sense.

 
 
Why apologize this time?