[AquaticLife]Finished Cycling????
Did you have an ammonia spike and then a nitrite spike? Yes, you should have some nitrate if your tank is cycled (unless you have fast growing plants) because the bacteria that you wanted to grow create nitrate as a waste product.
Shells and coral will increase your hardness (and maybe pH) since they are made of calcium. So it depends what your hardness and pH measure now and what conditions are ideal for your fish whether you want to add them or not.. I think corys dont like the pH too high.
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of onelvlady Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:27 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [AquaticLife]Finished Cycling????
Hi - I need more advice. I have a 10 gal with 4 male guppies and the Cory catfish. I have lost several of the “boys” thru this cycling process. All started to shimmy and then died. I found I don’t like taking dead fish out of the tank.
Using the Master test kit, I just tested the water and results showed ammonia 0; nitrite 0 and nitrate 0. I thought the nitrate should be higher if the nitrite and ammonia are 0. Am I done cycling? Is it safe to add more fish?
Also I was looking around the local thrift store this AM and found a bag of used aquarium shells - probably from a salt tank. There is a piece of pink coral, several small snail shaped shells, one of which is green in color, and several other more salt like decorations - all are small. I am currently boiling them. Is it safe to add them to my freshwater tank or will they still emit salt?
Thanks Carole
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