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With my results my ammonia is almost close to 0ppm but there is a slight tinge of green, but I still dose anyways.
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Are you using the same syringe to fill the test tube that you use to dose the ammonia?
I agree with waterdrop... it's best to dose for longer, just to be sure.
I would even consider "double dosing" for a few days. (meaning... add 3-5 ppm every 12 hours after the full qualifying week.) I'm not sure how others will feel about that, but it might make the colony a bit more robust. The second option would be to add the shoaling fish first, and wait a bit before adding more. Then after two weeks or so, add the rest. Starting with a smaller stocking number will put less bioload on the bacteria at first (also feed far less food than you really think that the fish will eat - their stomachs are about the size of their eye and they are cold-blooded, so they don't need to be fed everyday).
On the stocking list - I would not go with the cories and the shrimp. Both are going to be trying to use the substrate, and in a 10 gallon tank, you just don't have that much footprint available.
The betta mixed with the x-ray tetra will probably be fine. I would check with others though, as tetras as a group can be a bit nippy. Bettas shouldn't be placed with nippy fish because of their long flowing fins, and they shouldn't be kept with any fish that looks like them - long flowing fins, like guppies.
I would even consider "double dosing" for a few days. (meaning... add 3-5 ppm every 12 hours after the full qualifying week.) I'm not sure how others will feel about that, but it might make the colony a bit more robust. The second option would be to add the shoaling fish first, and wait a bit before adding more. Then after two weeks or so, add the rest. Starting with a smaller stocking number will put less bioload on the bacteria at first (also feed far less food than you really think that the fish will eat - their stomachs are about the size of their eye and they are cold-blooded, so they don't need to be fed everyday).
On the stocking list - I would not go with the cories and the shrimp. Both are going to be trying to use the substrate, and in a 10 gallon tank, you just don't have that much footprint available.
The betta mixed with the x-ray tetra will probably be fine. I would check with others though, as tetras as a group can be a bit nippy. Bettas shouldn't be placed with nippy fish because of their long flowing fins, and they shouldn't be kept with any fish that looks like them - long flowing fins, like guppies.
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I use the test tube. I don't need a syringe. I'm a biochemist. After doing it all day you get the hang of it.
Oh no, two different ones. 2 very different ones, haha. Ammonia one is Yellow, too. The Ammonia one is a Dropper, the other is a syringe.
The only reason why I use a syringe is because I don't know if the water on top may be a little different than the water I can take a few inches down, also, I don't know if something is on my hands that might get into the water. I wash and dry my hands before hand, but I just don't know.
EDIT - I'm the one that uses the Syringe
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If You Ain't Blasting, You Ain't Lasting!
You make a good point there about not getting your hands in the water. That's why I rinse them underneath burning hot water to get most of the germs off.
>>>>>>>>>>Day 13: Cycle Log<<<<<<<<<<
It should be a 0ppm Ammonia, but I forgot to test BEFORE I refilled the water that evaporated with Tap water
.. whoops
Same everything else tho.
It should be a 0ppm Ammonia, but I forgot to test BEFORE I refilled the water that evaporated with Tap water
.. whoopsSame everything else tho.
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Whoops, lol.
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