1. Size of aquarium (# of gallons) 20 gallons
2. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or saltwater? freswater
3. How long the aquarium has been setup 2-3 weeks
4. What fish and how many are in the aquarium (species are important to know) 4 at the moment...there is an angelfish, blue gourami, a pictus catfish and a bala shark
5. Are there live plants in the aquarium? no
6. What make/model filter are you using? undergravel
7. Are you using a CO2 unit? no
8. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? no
9. When did you perform your last water exchange, and how much water was changed? tank set up
10.How often and what foods do you feed your fish? did feed freeze dried bloodworms and flakes 2 a day, now just flakes once
11.Is your aquarium light incandescent or fluorescent and how often is it kept on?fluorescent most of the day the till we go to bed
12.What specific concerns bring you here at this time? high ammonia level
13. Water are your water test results for:
pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate? ph 7.2 and ammonia is off the chart dark green
is it the undergravel filter causing this? i read they can cause problems. i only use to use a power filter off the side but the guy that went with us to get fish is like oh use one of these so we bought it. now our ammonia levels are off the chart. we have a seperate tank set up with the 2 discus i just got today in it. how long is it going to take for it to cycle through? i have to wait 2 weeks anyway to add the discus. the fish in the main tank now are fine. the guy at our fish store said they built up an immunity to it since they were in when it started. any help or advice would be great, thanks!
2. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or saltwater? freswater
3. How long the aquarium has been setup 2-3 weeks
4. What fish and how many are in the aquarium (species are important to know) 4 at the moment...there is an angelfish, blue gourami, a pictus catfish and a bala shark
5. Are there live plants in the aquarium? no
6. What make/model filter are you using? undergravel
7. Are you using a CO2 unit? no
8. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? no
9. When did you perform your last water exchange, and how much water was changed? tank set up
10.How often and what foods do you feed your fish? did feed freeze dried bloodworms and flakes 2 a day, now just flakes once
11.Is your aquarium light incandescent or fluorescent and how often is it kept on?fluorescent most of the day the till we go to bed
12.What specific concerns bring you here at this time? high ammonia level
13. Water are your water test results for:
pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate? ph 7.2 and ammonia is off the chart dark green
is it the undergravel filter causing this? i read they can cause problems. i only use to use a power filter off the side but the guy that went with us to get fish is like oh use one of these so we bought it. now our ammonia levels are off the chart. we have a seperate tank set up with the 2 discus i just got today in it. how long is it going to take for it to cycle through? i have to wait 2 weeks anyway to add the discus. the fish in the main tank now are fine. the guy at our fish store said they built up an immunity to it since they were in when it started. any help or advice would be great, thanks!