Marco_Carvalho
Seedling
Hello,
I got a 300L tank with 2 weeks. Fully planted: hygrophila's, p. Erectus, s. Repens, eleocharis mini, monte carlo, bucephalandra's, anubia's, etc...
In the beginning i haded some Jbl filter start (got 2 canister's 1500l/h each), some substrate bacteria from dennerle and also i did Seachem Stability 7 days as described in the bootle.
Got bacterial bloom right away...
Ammonia, the max i got was 0.25ppm during this 2 weeks, but for the last week i didn't had any ammonia reading. Nitrites and nitrates were always high till a yesterday. Now i have 1ppm nitrites and 0,25ppm nitrates.
Im doing 50% water change twice a week. After the water change, nitrites drop, but after a couple of hours it rise again.
Ah... i have 1 SAE, 2 Neritinas and 2 Amano's in the tank for almost one week without any casualties.
1) That bacterial bloom in the beginning was a bad thing?
2) The cycle is in the midle stage?
3) Why the fish, shrimp and snail didn't die with that high Nitrities? (I'm glad they didn't die!!!)
Thanks
I got a 300L tank with 2 weeks. Fully planted: hygrophila's, p. Erectus, s. Repens, eleocharis mini, monte carlo, bucephalandra's, anubia's, etc...
In the beginning i haded some Jbl filter start (got 2 canister's 1500l/h each), some substrate bacteria from dennerle and also i did Seachem Stability 7 days as described in the bootle.
Got bacterial bloom right away...
Ammonia, the max i got was 0.25ppm during this 2 weeks, but for the last week i didn't had any ammonia reading. Nitrites and nitrates were always high till a yesterday. Now i have 1ppm nitrites and 0,25ppm nitrates.
Im doing 50% water change twice a week. After the water change, nitrites drop, but after a couple of hours it rise again.
Ah... i have 1 SAE, 2 Neritinas and 2 Amano's in the tank for almost one week without any casualties.
1) That bacterial bloom in the beginning was a bad thing?
2) The cycle is in the midle stage?
3) Why the fish, shrimp and snail didn't die with that high Nitrities? (I'm glad they didn't die!!!)
Thanks