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Hi all,
For some reason I am unable to get my 10 gallon tank (2 mollys only) down to zero ammonia level. The best I have gotten it is 0.25 to 0.5.
I cycled the tank without fish (using fish food and adding store-bought bacteria - ammonia went from 8 down to 0.25, but never zero. Nitrites zero, Nitrates 20, pH 7.2).
I was considering that my reagents might be off, so I tested my city tap water (not well water) 3 times and it came back positive at 0.25 each time.
Is this a problem?
Are my reagents off?
Does any of this explain why the ammonia level is always just below 0.5 with my mollys?
Do I need to add ammonia lock to the water I add to the tank or will the bacteria take care of it?
I am sort of confused because I thought I was doing water changes to help keep the ammonia level down...but now I see I might be adding it with the new water...
Thanks!
Juggernaut
For some reason I am unable to get my 10 gallon tank (2 mollys only) down to zero ammonia level. The best I have gotten it is 0.25 to 0.5.
I cycled the tank without fish (using fish food and adding store-bought bacteria - ammonia went from 8 down to 0.25, but never zero. Nitrites zero, Nitrates 20, pH 7.2).
I was considering that my reagents might be off, so I tested my city tap water (not well water) 3 times and it came back positive at 0.25 each time.
Is this a problem?
Are my reagents off?
Does any of this explain why the ammonia level is always just below 0.5 with my mollys?
Do I need to add ammonia lock to the water I add to the tank or will the bacteria take care of it?
I am sort of confused because I thought I was doing water changes to help keep the ammonia level down...but now I see I might be adding it with the new water...
Thanks!
Juggernaut