keq
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- Kori
Hi all,
I am leaving my new Axolotls with my significant other while I leave for a 2 month internship. I need to leave VERY clear instructions because my tank is still cycling with my 'Lotls in there and I want them to be happy and health. I have an API Freshwater Master Test Kit (the dropper style test kit) and have combined all the info from the annoying little API book into a spreadsheet for ease of use. I got the water parameters from the forum, the Caudata.org articles, and Axolotl.org.
Can you please make sure I have these all correct and let me know at what nitrite levels partial water changes should be completed? Also, I will post an update copy once I get all the info if anyone wants to use my sheet to record their water changes.
I have asked him to check the water daily and if outside the tolerable range, do a 20% water change (4 gallons in our 20 gallon tank which I have marked off on a 5 gallon bucket), allow the water to mix, and recheck.
temperature ideal = 14-22 C or 57-72 F (should be okay as we have an AC set to keep out house under 70 F at all times for the sake of our rabbits)
temperature bad = greater than 25 C or 77 F
ph ideal = 7.4 -7.6
ph tolerable = 6.5 - 8.0
ammonia ideal = 0 ppm
ammonia tolerable 1.0 ppm
nitrite ideal = 0 ppm
nitrite tolerable = ????
nitrate ideal = 10 - 60 ppm post cycling
nitrate tolerable = 0 - 60 ppm
I'm also asking him to feed blackworms in the evening and remove the waste in the morning (they are still small - around 2 or 2.5 inches).
Anything else I am missing? Thanks in advance for the info about parameters and especially nitrite.
-Kori
I am leaving my new Axolotls with my significant other while I leave for a 2 month internship. I need to leave VERY clear instructions because my tank is still cycling with my 'Lotls in there and I want them to be happy and health. I have an API Freshwater Master Test Kit (the dropper style test kit) and have combined all the info from the annoying little API book into a spreadsheet for ease of use. I got the water parameters from the forum, the Caudata.org articles, and Axolotl.org.
Can you please make sure I have these all correct and let me know at what nitrite levels partial water changes should be completed? Also, I will post an update copy once I get all the info if anyone wants to use my sheet to record their water changes.
I have asked him to check the water daily and if outside the tolerable range, do a 20% water change (4 gallons in our 20 gallon tank which I have marked off on a 5 gallon bucket), allow the water to mix, and recheck.
temperature ideal = 14-22 C or 57-72 F (should be okay as we have an AC set to keep out house under 70 F at all times for the sake of our rabbits)
temperature bad = greater than 25 C or 77 F
ph ideal = 7.4 -7.6
ph tolerable = 6.5 - 8.0
ammonia ideal = 0 ppm
ammonia tolerable 1.0 ppm
nitrite ideal = 0 ppm
nitrite tolerable = ????
nitrate ideal = 10 - 60 ppm post cycling
nitrate tolerable = 0 - 60 ppm
I'm also asking him to feed blackworms in the evening and remove the waste in the morning (they are still small - around 2 or 2.5 inches).
Anything else I am missing? Thanks in advance for the info about parameters and especially nitrite.
-Kori