michael.qian Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Hi there, in the process of recycling my tank as I added fish too fast, terrible mistake I know, but right now not looking so bad it seems that I'm making good progress. Ammonia has dropped to less than 0.25ppm, just tested this morning, it's almost 0ppm, but still not seeing any nitrite? Is this normal? When can I expect to see some nitrite? I was advised two days ago to not to do water changes if my ammonia doesn't rise, as this may get rid of some of the beneficial bacteria, so my last 25% change was on saturday, hope I'm doing the right thing, as least all the fish seem to be doing well. Cheers for any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Sounds like you are lucky If the ammonia has dropped to almost zero and the fish are happy then things are going OK. Some nitrite must have been produced, but hopefully it has been converted to nitrAte before it has built up. Just feed the fish lightly and do some water tests occasionally for another week, just to be sure. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Thanks I expected there to be a nitrite spike as well, read lots of web pages they all say there will be a nitrite spike after the ammonia spike. I have lots of plants (not too dense), that might have helped? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Thanks I expected there to be a nitrite spike as well, read lots of web pages they all say there will be a nitrite spike after the ammonia spike. I have lots of plants (not too dense), that might have helped? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Oh sorry for double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 One of my first tanks that I set up had no spikes at all. We eventually worked out that the bog wood was keeping the water acidic and the plants were using any spare ammonia and nitrite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Did a 25% change yesterday, maybe I shouldnt have done that because now ammonia have seemed to increased a little, this morning I tested the water though it was back to almost 0ppm like yesterday morning. Still no nitrite, hopefully you guys are right above nitrites produced were converted straight away into nitrate or absorbed by planted. From now on no water change unless it starts to rise again, if I didn't do the water change yesterday it probably would have been 0ppm by today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 The ammonia would probably be highest shortly after feeding I think Could that account for the difference? I'd be surprised that a w/c would increase your ammonia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 did water change yesterday morning, tested last night before feeding, but it was at night time and couldn't find a good spot to look at against the colour chart, so I think I'll disregard that reading, but ammonia this morning was still like yesterday morning. Will see tomorrow morning, won't feed today, have fed them pretty well in the past few days, even though it was in less amounts. I wish there were a better way of determining your water parameters by the chart card, seems very difficult sometimes to determine exactly where it's at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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