...2" fish fed once a day. Help? I'm using the Jungle brand ammonia quick test strips from walmart, along with the tetra brand ammonia test strips. The Jungle brand tests it around .5 ppm, while the tetra brand stays steady at 1ppm. I tested my tap water and there is no ammonia detected in that. I'm perplexed because I tried a 30% water change with no effect, and the next day I did a 50% water change with no effect. I even tried testing tap water containing the chems I am using in the tank to see if I was getting a false reading from the other chems but that returned a result of 0 ppm for ammonia. Shouldn't the ammonia levels have dropped significantly after changing 80% of the water in two days? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I forgot to mention I have a 40 gallon tank with 9 fish that are around 1.5 - 2 inches. 2 plecos, and 7 cichlids. water temp is 77 degrees, pH is 7.8
I always add dechlorination drops before putting water in the tank and I ensure the water going into the tank is within 1 degree of the water already in the tank. I also added some of the Zyme stuff to began a bacteria colony in the tank. The tank had not completely cycled when we added the fish, we got to impatient.
I forgot to mention I have a 40 gallon tank with 9 fish that are around 1.5 - 2 inches. 2 plecos, and 7 cichlids. water temp is 77 degrees, pH is 7.8
I always add dechlorination drops before putting water in the tank and I ensure the water going into the tank is within 1 degree of the water already in the tank. I also added some of the Zyme stuff to began a bacteria colony in the tank. The tank had not completely cycled when we added the fish, we got to impatient.