Rudles Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Day two. I fired up my 29, a dirted tank toward the middle of the first day I tossed in a shrimp to try to raise the Ammonia. I started it with about seven gallons of water from my 20. I am also using the canister filter that I had running on my 20 so it should have plenty of beneficial bacteria already in it. Here are my numbers: 05-19 0900 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0.15 ppm Nitrate 80 ppm pH 6.6 05-20 0930 Ammonia .10 ppm Nitrite 2.0 ppm Nitrate 80 ppm pH 6.4 Not much Ammonia yet and my pH actually dropped a little. Any suggestions? Should I add another shrimp? Maybe two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, Rudles said: Day two. I fired up my 29, a dirted tank toward the middle of the first day I tossed in a shrimp to try to raise the Ammonia. I started it with about seven gallons of water from my 20. I am also using the canister filter that I had running on my 20 so it should have plenty of beneficial bacteria already in it. Here are my numbers: 05-19 0900 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0.15 ppm Nitrate 80 ppm pH 6.605-20 0930 Ammonia .10 ppm Nitrite 2.0 ppm Nitrate 80 ppm pH 6.4 Not much Ammonia yet and my pH actually dropped a little. Any suggestions? Should I add another shrimp? Maybe two? Seems to be processing a cycle. Ammonia + and Nitrite + ... maybe the bacteria colony isn’t strong yet? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 25 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: Seems to be processing a cycle. Ammonia + and Nitrite + ... maybe the bacteria colony isn’t strong yet? Yeah, I agree. I’d wait and test over the next couple of days. Theoretically the Ammonia and Nitrite will drop to zero quickly as the bacteria multiply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudles Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Update. I added one more shrimp, will be ghost feeding flake food and I added my two sponge filters. After the 29 is cycled I'll be moving the canister back to the 20 and replacing it with my Tidal 55 which is currently running on my 20 to get it seeded. And, of course I'll be testing my parameters daily. I would imagine that I probably shouldn't do any water changes for at least a few days. Is this correct? Edited May 20, 2021 by Rudles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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