SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 19, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Hi every1, I jus setup another tank at home. a 2ft tank. I used cured rocks and added bacteria and market prawn yesterday night. I find the readings abit weird. Ammonia: 0.25ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 0ppm By the way, this is the first time i mix my own salt. Previous got from Lfs. I jus tested all to see the reading. Do advise if i tested to early or wat is the issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 19, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Still waiting to get any answer from any1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jxlex Posted May 19, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Test over the next few days... U should start seeing ammonia go up, go down followed by nitrite go up, go down and lastly nitrate go up... Once nh4 & no2 = 0, u are good to go Quote :: just a noob :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 19, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Soo my testing today was abit too early? I setup everything yesterday and today i checked... Alamak... thanks for advise bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklhc Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Hi bro, since u just put in market prawn last night I would think its normal for your ANN to read as 0.25,0,0.. wait a few more days and test again or u might want to test them daily and w rite down the reading for easy monitoring.. that's what I did to my first 2ft tank. I'm a lazy person so I make do with testing every few day and didn't bother to write down depending purely on memory which always fail me haha.. As for my current tank still cycling I didn't even bother to test any of them. Only put in a ammonia" sticker" don't know what its call to see ammonia go up and leave it alone Sent from my LG-E975 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 19, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Ammonia sticker?? U mean the type that sticks to the tank right?? Actually i wanted to leave the tank alone and let it cycle for 2 mths.. But later decided to check as i have never done it before.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 19, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 19, 2013 Have another quesion also... How long will the tank be chalky? My new tank cleared up alot compared to yday but still alil chalky. Should i leave it alone or do something about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklhc Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Ya the one that u stick to the tank using a suction that come with it. My old 2ft if my memory didn't fail took about a week and it starts to get cloudy.. Now this tank 1 week plus le still nothing happen. Since nh3 went up and come down I guess it should be working fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 20, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 20, 2013 Ic... hopefully the cloudyness clear soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekian Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 the cloudiness is likely due to bacteria boom, don't worry it will clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chriskessha Posted May 21, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thanks for the advise bros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 do you have bare bottom or sandy bottom? if you have sand, the cloudy is due to the sand particles in the water column. should go away within 48hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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