Kingfisher
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Hi
I'm trying to do a fishless cycling of a new Finnex PX360 canister filter in a 10 gallon aquarium that I'm going to use as a intermediate home for my 2 juvenile axxies.
All I have in the tank only half full of water is a 2" Y PVC pipe, 2 artificial plants and 2 anubia barteri. I raised the temp to 85°F, added an air stone. I put 2ml of ammonia in the water at the start 9 days ago to raise the level to 2 - 4 ppm. I just took the anubia barteri out of the tank today because the temperature might be too high for it. The edges of the leaves were getting wilted and turning brown.
My question is the ammonia level hasn't changed since I put it in, should I still be adding more ammonia in everyday or just leave it until the level goes down. Should I be doing anything else? This is the first time trying to do a fishless cycle.
Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to do a fishless cycling of a new Finnex PX360 canister filter in a 10 gallon aquarium that I'm going to use as a intermediate home for my 2 juvenile axxies.
All I have in the tank only half full of water is a 2" Y PVC pipe, 2 artificial plants and 2 anubia barteri. I raised the temp to 85°F, added an air stone. I put 2ml of ammonia in the water at the start 9 days ago to raise the level to 2 - 4 ppm. I just took the anubia barteri out of the tank today because the temperature might be too high for it. The edges of the leaves were getting wilted and turning brown.
My question is the ammonia level hasn't changed since I put it in, should I still be adding more ammonia in everyday or just leave it until the level goes down. Should I be doing anything else? This is the first time trying to do a fishless cycle.
Thanks in advance!