I think my cycle broke....

[Slaphppy7]

Whats the best way to get rid of a damselfly? I'm not putting a fish in until that thing gets evicted

You mean damselfly larvae?...how do you know that's what it is?

 

[Rocky998]

I did... But now the cycle went back a step I guess

"adding 3 ppm then testing in 24 hours until you get to both zeros."

I thought the OP had already reached this milestone (?)...maybe I'm mistaken

 

[Rocky998]

You mean damselfly larvae?...how do you know that's what it is?

I looked the darn thing up... Its already tried eating a snail

 

[Essjay]

The only way to get rid of it is to catch it and take it out of the tank. If it's a native one you can keep it in a container of water outside till it metamorphoses into the adult form; if it's not native you need to kill it. If it came on plants, it may well be a native of wherever the plants were grown.

 

[Slaphppy7]

I did... But now the cycle went back a step I guess

That should not have happened; something intervened to interrupt the cycle.

You haven't messed with your filter(s), cleaned anything, or introduced non-dechlored water, correct?

 

[Rocky998]

The only way to get rid of it is to catch it and take it out of the tank. If it's a native one you can keep it in a container of water outside till it metamorphoses into the adult form; if it's not native you need to kill it. If it came on plants, it may well be a native of wherever the plants were grown.

Idk what I'll do with em... I may just toss it in the backyard and let nature take its course... I just don't want it eating my fish

 

[Rocky998]

That should not have happened; something intervened to interrupt the cycle.

You haven't messed with your filter(s), cleaned anything, or introduced non-dechlored water, correct?

Correct

 

[Rocky998]

I was mixing the net around in the water to scare it out of hiding but I stirred up a little white worm thing

 

[Slaphppy7]

Correct

Hmmm....strange

I was mixing the net around in the water to scare it out of hiding but I stirred up a little white worm thing

Use a turkey baster, and suck it up next time you see it at rest

 

[Rocky998]

Hmmm....strange

Use a turkey baster, and suck it up next time you see it at rest

Great idea!

 

[Colin_T]

This is today's results... I added 3ppm of ammonia on Tuesday around 12:45PM and tested on Wednesday around 7:30PM. Those results were the ones I wrote about... Now I'm going to wait for my nitrites to drop to 0 and then add 3ppm again... Basically I'm going to redo the last bit of the cycle
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I like that purple colour

 

[Rocky998]

I just tested the aquarium... I didnt test for nitrAtes today but last night they were at 80ppm. Here are the results for today:

 

[Slaphppy7]

What's the temp of the tank?....bubbler going?

 

[FishHobby99]

I like that purple colour

Always loved the color purple. My betta is that color.

 

[Rocky998]

What's the temp of the tank?....bubbler going?

Temp: 75-77°F
And no bubbler because I moved the sponge filter to QT tank