I set up my 55g Friday. Unfortunatly I had to put 3 fish in it before it was cycled since I had no other place for them and I had to get the old tank out of the house. My pleco has been with me for 2 years so I know he's a strong guy since he's been through all of my beginer's mistakes. There's also 2 cory's in there that seem to be doing ok for now. So I've been testing the water for the past 3 days and it's stayed the same.
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite 2.0
Nitrate around 30ppm
Gh & kH off the chart
and the kicker I don't understand is my pH is 6.0
I haven't done water changes except 20% 2 days ago. I was using Cycle for the first 3 days and it didn't seem to help so when I ran out, I picked Seachem's Stabalizer. Which has calmed everyone down and no one is sitting at the surface or gasping for air. I'm still very concerned about the levels since it's been almost 7 days. I used the canister filter that was in the old tank thinking that the bacteria would still be there and help with cycling. I know I need to upgade my filter since it's good up to a 75g, I'll feel much more confortable if it was good for a 100g+. I have air stones in the tank to make sure there's water surface movement and Oxagen in the water. If the levels haven't changed by tonight, I'm going to flip out. Any advise?? I've been told to change my carbon but I don't think that's going to help. I also have Seachem Stars, ceramic rings and the nitrite reducer, I can't remember the name, in the filter.
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite 2.0
Nitrate around 30ppm
Gh & kH off the chart
and the kicker I don't understand is my pH is 6.0
I haven't done water changes except 20% 2 days ago. I was using Cycle for the first 3 days and it didn't seem to help so when I ran out, I picked Seachem's Stabalizer. Which has calmed everyone down and no one is sitting at the surface or gasping for air. I'm still very concerned about the levels since it's been almost 7 days. I used the canister filter that was in the old tank thinking that the bacteria would still be there and help with cycling. I know I need to upgade my filter since it's good up to a 75g, I'll feel much more confortable if it was good for a 100g+. I have air stones in the tank to make sure there's water surface movement and Oxagen in the water. If the levels haven't changed by tonight, I'm going to flip out. Any advise?? I've been told to change my carbon but I don't think that's going to help. I also have Seachem Stars, ceramic rings and the nitrite reducer, I can't remember the name, in the filter.