gcorona301 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Okay so I dosed my 55 gallon aquarium 4 or 5 days ago 3-4ppm ammonia and I have checked it today and it has dropped to 1ppm and my nitrites is slowly going up around 0.25ppm My ph is around 8.1 is that affecting it??? I also used Dr tims one and only and pissed that didn't work help please! Should I lower the Ph? If so how??? My temp. Is 83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuri Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 look at this picture it explains how much ammoniak you can expect in your tank..... the blue line does not harm your fish/shrimps, the red line is a NO GO try to keep it as low as possible it will kill your fish/shrimps slowly........ because im using for the most of my tanks RO i dont have to worry about NO3 cause NO3 is ALWAYS zero at ph lower then 6 (thank god XD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuri Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 what shrimp or fish do you keep in that tank? NH3 shouldnt be a problem i have my neocaridina´s also in a similar ph (7,8) NO2 is 0,25? if so it wouldnt be a big problem it is prety low to harm fish/shrimps in short term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBlue98 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Your golden, the dr. Tims is working. Your supposed to see ammonia go down while nitrates go up. Add more ammonia everyday and wait for the ammonia and nitrites to get to zero. Do a 100% water change and your cycled. Do not adjust your ph, alkaline ph is good for cycling. No worries man, cycling takes at least 3 weeks. I just cycled a tank of my own using this method in about 2 3/4 weeks. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBlue98 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Also do you have fish in the tank? If so take them out, dosing ammonia with fish is just burning up their gills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcorona301 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Your golden, the dr. Tims is working. Your supposed to see ammonia go down while nitrates go up. Add more ammonia everyday and wait for the ammonia and nitrites to get to zero. Do a 100% water change and your cycled. Do not adjust your ph, alkaline ph is good for cycling. No worries man, cycling takes at least 3 weeks. I just cycled a tank of my own using this method in about 2 3/4 weeks. Good luck! Alright Thanks! I just have to be more patient :| haha and no i have no fish yet in the tank yet SoBlue98 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBlue98 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 No problem! Cycling is the worst part about aquariums because of the long wait to get inhabitants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcorona301 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 No problem! Cycling is the worst part about aquariums because of the long wait to get inhabitants. should i only does ammonia when my ammonia reaches near 0ppm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBlue98 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Umm honestly I dose to 1-2 ppm everyday, I don't check, I just watch my nitrites and wait for them to zero out. I try to make it as simple as possible. The true test once your nitrites hit zero is to add 2 ppm of ammonia, then 24 hours later test to see if ammonia and nitrites have been converted to nitrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.