Regular Member DawnMichele Posted October 25, 2017 Regular Member Share Posted October 25, 2017 Glad your feeling better Amy!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 26, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2017 19 hours ago, DawnMichele said: Glad your feeling better Amy!!!! Thank you Tonights test results. Nitrite has risen to 0.5. I’ve not done a WC but have raised ammonia back up to 0.25. Would you say nitrates are 40 or 80? Is there anything I can do to help the nitrite>to>nitrate process at this stage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 26, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, titch said: Thank you Tonights test results. Nitrite has risen to 0.5. I’ve not done a WC but have raised ammonia back up to 0.25. Would you say nitrates are 40 or 80? Is there anything I can do to help the nitrite>to>nitrate process at this stage? I want you to not feed the tank for a whole day. No ammonia. I think your at your end and adding the ammonia is making the nitrites spike. I believe give it a shot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 26, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, koko said: I want you to not feed the tank for a whole day. No ammonia. I think your at your end and adding the ammonia is making the nitrites spike. I believe give it a shot Ok. Well I’ve already dosed for today (sorry), but I’ll hold off from now on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 26, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, titch said: Ok. Well I’ve already dosed for today (sorry), but I’ll hold off from now on. No problem 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 26, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2017 15 minutes ago, koko said: No problem I think I’m being thick, but shouldn’t the nitrites read zero by the end? Regardless of ammonia being dosed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 27, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 27, 2017 4 hours ago, titch said: I think I’m being thick, but shouldn’t the nitrites read zero by the end? Regardless of ammonia being dosed? yes, but I mean is we are very close and not to feed to much ammonia to the tank or it will go up again. Let the nitrites get to 1.o but not higher Don't worry about the nitrates at this point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2017 8 hours ago, koko said: yes, but I mean is we are very close and not to feed to much ammonia to the tank or it will go up again. Let the nitrites get to 1.o but not higher Don't worry about the nitrates at this point Ah, ok. I would guess the Nitrites will be at 1.0 by tonight. Should I do a 50% WC or larger to bring them back down? What level should I bring them down to? Then leave as is yes? No ammonia dosing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Surprisingly nitrites are still at 0.5. So no WC & no ammonia feeding tonight If/when they do reach 1.0, do I want to do a WC big enough to get them down to as close to zero as possible or just to say 0.5 again? Edited October 27, 2017 by titch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 27, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 27, 2017 40 minutes ago, titch said: Surprisingly nitrites are still at 0.5. So no WC & no ammonia feeding tonight If/when they do reach 1.0, do I want to do a WC big enough to get them down to as close to zero as possible or just to say 0.5 again? Man we are just so so close. Okay test again if the nitrites are 0 or .5 lets add ammonia in again. Let it do its thing again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, koko said: Man we are just so so close. Okay test again if the nitrites are 0 or .5 lets add ammonia in again. Let it do its thing again. The test was done only an hour ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 27, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, titch said: The test was done only an hour ago. Lets add ammonia Just a tiny bit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2017 1 minute ago, koko said: Lets add ammonia Just a tiny bit 0.25 ok? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 27, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 27, 2017 Just now, titch said: 0.25 ok? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2017 Just now, koko said: Consider it done. Will check in again tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 29, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2017 @koko LOOK!!!!!!!!! What now, what now?! Should I do a WC? Dose with ammonia? Leave as is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 29, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 29, 2017 I would do another water change. Then do a small dose of ammonia and let it cycle again. Just to make sure we aren't going nuts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 29, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2017 1 hour ago, koko said: I would do another water change. Then do a small dose of ammonia and let it cycle again. Just to make sure we aren't going nuts WC done. Dosed the ammonia to 0.25. Fingers crossed!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 30, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 30, 2017 Images on the left were taken last night after the WC & dosing of ammonia. Images on the right were taken this morning - 12 hours after dosing ammonia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 30, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 30, 2017 Okay Looking really good. So lets do one more test on your tank and then I think we are ready. Lets to .50 ammonia and lets see how the nitrites do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 30, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, koko said: Okay Looking really good. So lets do one more test on your tank and then I think we are ready. Lets to .50 ammonia and lets see how the nitrites do No WC I take it? Just straight in with the ammonia? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 30, 2017 Admin Share Posted October 30, 2017 14 minutes ago, titch said: No WC I take it? Just straight in with the ammonia? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 30, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, koko said: Fab! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member titch Posted October 30, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 30, 2017 All dosed. Will test again in the morning (12 hours from now). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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