Sunday, August 2, 2009

i have a 68L 14gall fish tank is my cycling going ok or should i do something?

i have live plants, bog wood,3 plattys, 3 blood hart tetra, 2 weather loaches ive had 4 years and recenty 2 small marble angel fish. my tank has bin cycleing for bout 2 wks and the fish r doing fine apart from a bit of green water ive bin testin my water daly for PH, KH,GH, N02, N04, NH3 and NH4 and hav steady results from all
PH - 7.6
KH - 3
GH - 16
N02 - 1
N03 - 50
ammonia NH3/NH4 - 0.25
and a temp of 25c / 77f

these readings havent changed for a while and are holding stead at the moment. is everything fine or is something wrong as my reading are not changing much. the fish seem fine and i already have a pregnant platty.

i could not do a fishless cycle as i already had some fish to start with which came with the tank and obviously needed to get them in water. the under gravel filter and gravel are new but the 2nd filter on the side of the tank was reuse from a cold water setup just rinsed.
Answers:
At this point, I would suggest doing a water change of about 20%, and reducing the light in your aquarium to reduce the green water .
First of all, do water changes. It lookslike you are nearing the end of your cycle, but for now think of the fish in your tank, and do water changes to bring ammonia and nitrite down. As for the green water, it should go away wehn your nitrogen levels stabalize, if not, cover the entire tank to block out light, leave lights off, and do not feed fish for 3-4 days. That should get rid of it.
you are doing well however i lke to see the ph at 7.4--next time you set up a tank, do it the quick and easy way--get a good amount of "dirty" water from the bottom of a friend's tanks to put in yur tank, fill yours up the rest of the way and go for it because you have the bacteria needed in THAT water to do the cycling I do this to all my store's tanks and add fish the next day and don't lose fish

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