Water Stats

[sketchy]

if your in the UK, boots sell household ammonia - i used it for my cycle. about 2 quid a bottle. they do hide it away though! ask some-one in the shop for it, or the laundry aids - its with them in a white bottle with a red lid if i remember corretly

 

[Miss Wiggle]

aquarium pharmaceuticals and the tank is 20 litres

arnt my stats safe to have fish in it... does it matter that nitrate is 0

they are safe to have fish in, however if you put fish in now they won't be safe in a day or two!!!

 

[miltiadis_s]

i live in australia... cant find ammonia anywhere... why will they not be ok after 2 days?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

have a read of this

your stats are fine now, but the fish will start producing ammonia and as the filter isn't cycled it won't be able to deal with it.

 

[miltiadis_s]

hmm so if i cycle with just one fish... at the end will it get diseases or anything... disease the tank or anything...

and what fish can i use to do this?

 

[thegnu]

it's strange that your water has tested negative. are you using distilled water or something

 

[miltiadis_s]

nothings negative its all 0. ph is 7. using normal water from the tap lol.

 

[thegnu]

thats what i mean, you should definitely be seeing ammonia if you have been putting 5 flakes of food in your water for five days, and in only a 20L tank. your ammonia tests should be positively showing ammonia at some number between 1-5 i would have thought. if your tank was producing enough nitrosoma/nitrobacter bacteria to drop this to nli, then you would have a reading for nitrites, yet you state this is nil. very strange. thats why i asked if it is distilled water. it's almost as though your water is too pure for anything to live in it. i'm stumped

 

[miltiadis_s]

im stumped as well... ive been adding twice as much flakes see if it makes a difference..

 

[Will91]

Have you thought about getting your tank cycled using BioSpira beneficial bacteria made by MarineLand? You can read my recent post on the topic.

 

[loachman]

Odds are that the fish food has not decayed enough to produce any appreciable amount of ammonia.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Odds are that the fish food has not decayed enough to produce any appreciable amount of ammonia.

thats what i thought. it doesn't get into your water instantly like pure ammonia will, it takes a couple of days to even register, so you need to wait a couple more days to see if the increased amount makes any odds