oneblondebrow
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Hi all,
I recently got myself a nice new juwel 180 aquarium which has now been running since Wednesday, I also have a 48 liter tank running, I cut the Cycled media of the cycled tank in half and added 1 half to the juwel filter and left the other half in the original 48 liter tank, I have also transferred 3 peppered cory's and 6 zebra danio's to the new tank (leaving 6 black neon tetra's and 3 neon tetra's in the old tank), I have just tested the water for both tanks and the reading are as follows...
TANK 1 180 liter (running 5 days)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 10ppm
PH 7.6
Temp = 25 degrees
TANK 2 48 Liter (running for 6 months)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 40ppm
PH 7.6
Temp = 25 Degrees
I have tested my tapwater and that also has Ammonia of 0.25 so im not sure if the API testing kit is wrong or if this is just that my tapwater has traces of ammonia? If this amount is in my tapwater then it would explain the constant 0.25 readings wouldn't it?
Also TANK 1 is medium planted and TANK 2 is lightly planted so the Nitrate's are a good food source for them aren't they?
Whats the max Nitrate i should see before water change?
Many thanks
I recently got myself a nice new juwel 180 aquarium which has now been running since Wednesday, I also have a 48 liter tank running, I cut the Cycled media of the cycled tank in half and added 1 half to the juwel filter and left the other half in the original 48 liter tank, I have also transferred 3 peppered cory's and 6 zebra danio's to the new tank (leaving 6 black neon tetra's and 3 neon tetra's in the old tank), I have just tested the water for both tanks and the reading are as follows...
TANK 1 180 liter (running 5 days)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 10ppm
PH 7.6
Temp = 25 degrees
TANK 2 48 Liter (running for 6 months)
Ammonia 0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 40ppm
PH 7.6
Temp = 25 Degrees
I have tested my tapwater and that also has Ammonia of 0.25 so im not sure if the API testing kit is wrong or if this is just that my tapwater has traces of ammonia? If this amount is in my tapwater then it would explain the constant 0.25 readings wouldn't it?
Also TANK 1 is medium planted and TANK 2 is lightly planted so the Nitrate's are a good food source for them aren't they?
Whats the max Nitrate i should see before water change?
Many thanks