bigeyefish
New Member
Been cycling for 6 weeks now 125 gallon w/30 gallon sump, 125 lbs LR, LS. Had a spike in Ammonia after 2 days, Nitrites went up, Nitrates went up. At about day 10 the #s looked like this:
SG 1.023
pH 8.6
Alk Normal
Amm .25
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5-10
And nothing has changed since. So I decide to do a water change-25 gallons. I tested the change water (RO water from Wal Mart) before the change out and it looked like this:
SG 1.022
pH 8.4
Alk Normal
Amm .25
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Did the water change and everything is exactly as the first readings. So two questions:
1- Is it typical to have an ammonia reading in water? (I'm referring to the water I mixed before doing the water change). I expected that # to be zero.
2- Seeing the Nitrates are still floating around 8.0 is it safe to assume that a 25 gallon change is way to low for my size tank?
Guess I'm still waiting for my fishies
SG 1.023
pH 8.6
Alk Normal
Amm .25
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5-10
And nothing has changed since. So I decide to do a water change-25 gallons. I tested the change water (RO water from Wal Mart) before the change out and it looked like this:
SG 1.022
pH 8.4
Alk Normal
Amm .25
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Did the water change and everything is exactly as the first readings. So two questions:
1- Is it typical to have an ammonia reading in water? (I'm referring to the water I mixed before doing the water change). I expected that # to be zero.
2- Seeing the Nitrates are still floating around 8.0 is it safe to assume that a 25 gallon change is way to low for my size tank?
Guess I'm still waiting for my fishies
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