ahiggin1
New member
A little bit of background first:
10 gallon tank
2 barbs (teeny feeder fish) in it
sponge filter powered by air pump
water about 3/4 to full
axie is NOT in there yet
ok so for my question...
i started the cycle two weeks ago and last weekend (after the first full week) I went to get my water tested at a petshop as well as my tapwater. I dont have test kits yet. (I only have one 10 gallon aquarium lol)
heres the results
Tank water-
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH-7-5 to 8
tapwater-
ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
nitrate-0
pH-6
*she also said I had soft water, which was from the tap*
1) why do I have no ammonia even though its only the beginning of the cycle and there ARE fish pooping in there lol Im just confused why my tap/tank water are almost identicle...from my understanding, cycling only takes a month.
2)how do I turn soft water hard? is distilled water not hard OR soft? (i know about the chlorine problem)
3)she told me to do water changes every week, about 80%. If I do that, wont the cycle take longer? I know the fish will most likely die lol but I have a bunch of them. I just want to know if I should do water changes while the cycle is going.
Thanks in advance for the answers
ive got about a month before my axie is ready for pickup
10 gallon tank
2 barbs (teeny feeder fish) in it
sponge filter powered by air pump
water about 3/4 to full
axie is NOT in there yet
ok so for my question...
i started the cycle two weeks ago and last weekend (after the first full week) I went to get my water tested at a petshop as well as my tapwater. I dont have test kits yet. (I only have one 10 gallon aquarium lol)
heres the results
Tank water-
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH-7-5 to 8
tapwater-
ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
nitrate-0
pH-6
*she also said I had soft water, which was from the tap*
1) why do I have no ammonia even though its only the beginning of the cycle and there ARE fish pooping in there lol Im just confused why my tap/tank water are almost identicle...from my understanding, cycling only takes a month.
2)how do I turn soft water hard? is distilled water not hard OR soft? (i know about the chlorine problem)
3)she told me to do water changes every week, about 80%. If I do that, wont the cycle take longer? I know the fish will most likely die lol but I have a bunch of them. I just want to know if I should do water changes while the cycle is going.
Thanks in advance for the answers
ive got about a month before my axie is ready for pickup