Hi,
How are you all to day?
As I had posted a short while back it was when I set the tank up, now I'm at the cycling point and would like some advice on this please?
The tank is a 10 gallon hex, I started with 4 small Zebra danios, The Ph did go up right away to 7.2 but it took a while for the Amania to go above 0. It finaly kicked in after a week, It didn't take long 2 fish died, I did a 20% water change the Amonaia is at about 0.25-0.50 I am doing the water changes every 3rd day as some sugested, but I think thats why the ph stays so high, Will adding fish drop the PH or should I ad some buuls eye 7.0??? What do you suggest? As I understood the Amonia will adjust on its own with time, Should I just keep on doing the water chages? Should I had 2-3 more wish? any ideas???
Thank all so much
Jack
I do feed them a pinch f tetra flakes every other day,
2006-11-23 02:18:29 · 3 answers · asked by jackwalz 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
7.2 is fine for the Ph, don't add a thing to try and change that. When the Ph fluctuates is when it is harmful to fish, adding stuff to change it then when you do a water change it will just change right back.
2006-11-23 03:05:53 · answer #1 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry about the deaths. If you Google "tank cycling" you'll find a number of charts that'll show you when it's safe to add more fish - sounds like your tank isn't quite ready yet. Let things stabilize in there and keep up with the water changes - good luck.
2006-11-23 02:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by Misa M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a bunch of java ferns at the pet store...
live aquatic plants help with the water.
2006-11-23 03:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋