DrBoxedWine
08/26/2014, 04:46 PM
Hi All,
My QT tank has been cycling with ammonia and RODI water for about 6 weeks now. The past 3 weeks or so, the water has been pretty cloudy. Parameters are as follows:
Ammonia: 0 (or i think, going to take it up to my LFS tonight and have them test it. those stupid api tests are hard to tell when it's 0 and when it's .25) It goes from 3 ppm to "ehhh could be 0 or could be low in about 18 hours, so i'm guessing it's really 0, since even 12 hours after that, it's still unclear.
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 25
PH: 7.8 (and a swing to 8.4 at night, and that's just from the ambient room light!)
KH: 5-8 API test isn't great, hard to tell. I need to boost this and will be using baking soda, probably going to bake it first.
I added a Lawnmower Blenny the other night, and he died within 48 hours. He was my first fish, and it sounds like i should have gone with an easier one. I'd love to go get a firefish tonight, but i'm nervous about the tank not being hospitable.
I've seen other posts with people talking about the cloudiness, and it seems like it just goes away and is safe for fish, but i wanted to make sure no one sees any potential issues here.
My QT tank has been cycling with ammonia and RODI water for about 6 weeks now. The past 3 weeks or so, the water has been pretty cloudy. Parameters are as follows:
Ammonia: 0 (or i think, going to take it up to my LFS tonight and have them test it. those stupid api tests are hard to tell when it's 0 and when it's .25) It goes from 3 ppm to "ehhh could be 0 or could be low in about 18 hours, so i'm guessing it's really 0, since even 12 hours after that, it's still unclear.
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 25
PH: 7.8 (and a swing to 8.4 at night, and that's just from the ambient room light!)
KH: 5-8 API test isn't great, hard to tell. I need to boost this and will be using baking soda, probably going to bake it first.
I added a Lawnmower Blenny the other night, and he died within 48 hours. He was my first fish, and it sounds like i should have gone with an easier one. I'd love to go get a firefish tonight, but i'm nervous about the tank not being hospitable.
I've seen other posts with people talking about the cloudiness, and it seems like it just goes away and is safe for fish, but i wanted to make sure no one sees any potential issues here.