xAyanex Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Day 7 Testing (3/30/17): Temp: 77 degrees F pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 1.0 ppm Nitrite: 0.25 ppm (going up, yay!) Nitrate: 0-5.0 ppm I will do more testing when I get home. Link to comment
xAyanex Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Day 9 Testing (4/1/17): Temp: 78 degrees F pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 0.50 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm (back to zero already?) Nitrate: 5.0 ppm So it looks like the Nirite was converted into Nitrate, but I still have ammonia, so the cycle isn't done. I then added 17.5 mL of ammonia to keep the cycle going. I checked the ammonia 7 hours later (when I woke up) and it was at 2.0 ppm. I will test the tank again tonight and see what I come up with. Link to comment
xAyanex Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Day 10 Testing (4/2/17): Temp: 78 degrees F pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 4.0 ppm (up even more) Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 5.0 ppm Oh man, I need more patience. I seem to be running out! Link to comment
Type-H20 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 If you're still deciding which fish to keep in your 55 and you want something that shoals well, I would not recommend the neon. I recommend a school of Rummy Nose tetras; one of the best (if not the best) FW shoaling fish, that schools tightly. Nice companion fish are Angels and/or Rams. Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Great suggestion Type-H2O! I love runmynose. Sadly I'm down to one loner who's outlived the rest of his group Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 On 4/4/2017 at 6:54 PM, fishfreak0114 said: Great suggestion Type-H2O! I love runmynose. Sadly I'm down to one loner who's outlived the rest of his group My cherry barbs were like that, I bought three females and a male from PetSmart in summer 2008, in fall 2011 they produced a single baby. Last September I lost the last of the original females (at eight years old!!!) and a couple months ago lost the "daughter" of the group (at 5 years old). I'd love to try rummynose tetras sometime! Link to comment
xAyanex Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 On 4/4/2017 at 6:37 PM, Type-H20 said: If you're still deciding which fish to keep in your 55 and you want something that shoals well, I would not recommend the neon. I recommend a school of Rummy Nose tetras; one of the best (if not the best) FW shoaling fish, that schools tightly. Nice companion fish are Angels and/or Rams. They're pretty neat looking! I'll think about them. Link to comment
xAyanex Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Day 15 Testing (4/7/17): Temp: 78 degrees F pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 2.0 ppm (coming down) Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 5.0 ppm Feels like I'm going nowhere... I did take a couple pictures on 4/5/17. Here is an FTS, but it is already outdated because we've added some more decorative rocks: Here is a close-up of the crystal rock. My boyfriend found it in a corn field while he was working: I'll test the tank tonight and try to get a couple more pictures. I'm tired of waiting on this cycle!! Me want feeeesh! Link to comment
HIppieRose Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 LOL I know the feeling that's why I always plant mine. Cycles faster and puts some life in the tank while waiting. Link to comment
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