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I feel like I need some expert advise.
I recently started a 10 gallon up. It's been going for a couple of months. I got a filter from Craigslist(it came with other accessories, I was really more after a cheap hood) and the filter broke recently, about two weeks ago. Ever since it broke the ammonia levels have been really high. I was doing 50% water changes each day and I also have a sponge filter in there,it doesn't seem to work very well by itself, it functions more like a bubbler then anything. About 3-4 days ago my new filter arrived in the mail. I set it up and it seems to work fine. However I'm still getting ammonia spikes. My tank is starting to stink a little. I've been using ammonia neutralizers to at least keep the fish alive. I think my tank may be re-cycling. Does anyone have any advise on what I can do to speed the process along? When I do water changes should I be doing 50% a day? 25% twice a day? 50% twice a day? I'm running out of ammonia nuetrilizer and I need to figure out the quickest way to fish cycle.:-(
By the way stocking level:
1 female betta
7 neon tetras
1 mystery snail
I recently started a 10 gallon up. It's been going for a couple of months. I got a filter from Craigslist(it came with other accessories, I was really more after a cheap hood) and the filter broke recently, about two weeks ago. Ever since it broke the ammonia levels have been really high. I was doing 50% water changes each day and I also have a sponge filter in there,it doesn't seem to work very well by itself, it functions more like a bubbler then anything. About 3-4 days ago my new filter arrived in the mail. I set it up and it seems to work fine. However I'm still getting ammonia spikes. My tank is starting to stink a little. I've been using ammonia neutralizers to at least keep the fish alive. I think my tank may be re-cycling. Does anyone have any advise on what I can do to speed the process along? When I do water changes should I be doing 50% a day? 25% twice a day? 50% twice a day? I'm running out of ammonia nuetrilizer and I need to figure out the quickest way to fish cycle.:-(
By the way stocking level:
1 female betta
7 neon tetras
1 mystery snail