Tony s Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 but now we all have to learn new names 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 On 7/3/2024 at 1:23 PM, Tony s said: but now we all have to learn new names 🤣 Noooooooo….. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 All I know is pandas, so maybe I will be fine, since they are still technically pandas……?.. 🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 @Tony s, ammonia is now .50 ppm. Should I add more? I forgot what I did with my 10g lol. And nitrite is 3 ppm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Ammonia 0, nitrite 3 ppm. Going out of town for sat-wed or Thursday, and i wil not be able to check the ammonia nitrite and all. Should i add more ammonia before i go? I got some progress!!!!! Now it is the nitrite time of the cycle, where is goes skyrocketing lol. thx. @Tony s? Thoughts anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 I think you’re good. One week with no ammonia isn’t going to hurt your cycle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 On 7/4/2024 at 10:50 AM, Tony s said: I think you’re good. One week with no ammonia isn’t going to hurt your cycle Thanks @Tony s! Updates when I get back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 Ok, I am back!!!! I bought a topfinn 20g long lid at one of the best petsmart that I have ever been too in central Florida. It fits ok, and I like it. Will check paremeters tonight. Plants are doing good, anubias grew a new leaf. Val is shooting runners like it’s going outta style lol, so yeah everything is going good. Pics… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 @Tony s, important Q here. My ammonia and nitrite are sitting at 0 ppm. Should I add more ammonia? And see if it drops in 24 hrs and if so I am cycled? Well maybe i am jumping to far because it does take longer usually for a cycle but that is my Q. Oh, should I test for nitrates since nitrite is not present anymore? Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Test for nitrates. If high, do a water change. You can add ammonia. Or not. Depends on when you’re adding fish. If a bit. Some ammonia is not going to hurt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 On 7/11/2024 at 9:01 AM, Tony s said: Test for nitrates. If high, do a water change. You can add ammonia. Or not. Depends on when you’re adding fish. If a bit. Some ammonia is not going to hurt Here is the nitrates test I just did, what do u think it is? It is SO hard to tell. @Tony s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Right between 10 and 20. So no need with no fish yet Edited July 11 by Tony s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 On 7/11/2024 at 9:59 AM, Tony s said: Right between 10 and 20. So no need with no fish yet Thanks. So no ammonia yet correct? Just keep testing ammonia and nitrite and nitrates for next few days. Clarifying @Tony s that I am right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 @Tony s, important question, do i add ammonia now? Let me explain. I added ammonia yesterday, suggested by @Mmiller2001, and today the ammonia and nitrite are: Ammonia, .50 ppm. Nitrite is a tiny bit less than .25 ppm. From my understanding, the goal is in the fishless cycle is to add ammonia to equal 2 ppm, and in both need to be 0 before 24 hours. So within basically. And if both drop within 24 hours, and nitrates are not terribly high. And your done. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 (edited) Here is a new picture taken a few mintutes ago of the tank. Val is shifting runners like crazy. Amazon sword kinda struggling sadly. But I a, going to add EG soon. And root tabs next week since it has been a month, Edited July 18 by Whitecloud09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 This the plant order I just placed! Lots of plants, and a AC coffee mug 😎. I love coffee, and fish so why not get one? All from ac down below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Looking great @Whitecloud09! That valli is looking great to! Hope to get some for my 5 gal tall soon. Also, I like the no fishing sign 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 On 7/19/2024 at 7:30 PM, JS Fish said: Looking great @Whitecloud09! That valli is looking great to! Hope to get some for my 5 gal tall soon. Also, I like the no fishing sign 😂 Ya I thought it would be a nice touch lol. Thank you @JS Fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Ugh, my pics from another device after airdrop turn black, after transferring, so I can not show the new plants I ordered. At least good pics!!!! Here is some low quality ones, but just to show a bit of the new progress in the tank! Water wisteria, water sprite, Windelov Java fern, Marino moss ball, more val, all of it! Pic! Ps: the better pics that I tried to airdrop were portraits, so much better pics, I will eventually figure it out, the ammonia is 0 as of yesterday night, and nitrite .25 ppm. I tested ph to make sure it was fine, and A ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Better pics… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Looks great @Whitecloud09! Cant wait till it's all planted and grown in. Btw, water wisteria grows very fast! It also can develop two diffrent shaped aquatic leaves! It's a cool plant. Also the marino moss balls are fun to. I believe if they grow big enough you can break it in two so you can get another one. Good luck and glad to hear about the ammonia being zero! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 On 7/23/2024 at 8:14 AM, JS Fish said: Looks great @Whitecloud09! Cant wait till it's all planted and grown in. Btw, water wisteria grows very fast! It also can develop two diffrent shaped aquatic leaves! It's a cool plant. Also the marino moss balls are fun to. I believe if they grow big enough you can break it in two so you can get another one. Good luck and glad to hear about the ammonia being zero! Yes if found that out! It is awesome, and already huge too! Thank you @JS Fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Guess what? My ammonia and nitrite are 0! Ammonia looks like it is kinda close to .25 but trust me, that is just the lighting. In real life, it looks 0 to me. So, I prob will order fish tomorrow. And do a huge water change the day after before fish arrive. Sound good? @Tony s, my helpful assistant lol. Your very helpful btw! 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 You should be good to go for a small panda expansion 👍 😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 On 7/23/2024 at 2:08 PM, Tony s said: You should be good to go for a small panda expansion 👍 😀 Yay! Thank you @Tony s!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 Doing wc rn. A big one. Gonna order fish, today. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0. Ph fine. Everything so far is a go. Pic of my wc currently. And ammonia nitrite results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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