Pumpkin Pie
New member
I've had my tank set up and running for almost a week. Four days ago I added a decent sized lump of bloodworm to build up the ammonia, levels on the first day were: (PH- 7.2, Ammonia- 0.25, Nitrate- 1.5, Nitrite- 0ppm)
The bloodworm are almost completely rotted away (there was a large white cloud around the bloodworm, like mould) and I have monitored the levels every day at the same time using a rather expensive test tube kit. On the fourth day of testing the levels read exactly the same as on the first day...I don't know what the problem is. I have a large crop of Java Moss and a small Elodea plant, I don't know if they are doing anything. I also have a sponge filter running.
I also had 2 or 3 very small trumpet snails living in my tank for the first 3 days or so (I bought the plants from someone else's fish tank) but I think they died as no trails or trace of them have been seen for the past 4 days...
Can I have your advice please?
The bloodworm are almost completely rotted away (there was a large white cloud around the bloodworm, like mould) and I have monitored the levels every day at the same time using a rather expensive test tube kit. On the fourth day of testing the levels read exactly the same as on the first day...I don't know what the problem is. I have a large crop of Java Moss and a small Elodea plant, I don't know if they are doing anything. I also have a sponge filter running.
I also had 2 or 3 very small trumpet snails living in my tank for the first 3 days or so (I bought the plants from someone else's fish tank) but I think they died as no trails or trace of them have been seen for the past 4 days...
Can I have your advice please?