Once a week, you should perform an aquarium water test to check the chemical levels in your tank. The most important levels to check are the salinity and pH of your tank but you should also keep an eye on the water hardness and levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. The easiest way ...
Biologicalfiltration begins once your tank is properly cycled. Biological filtration is when bacteria in the tank breaks down dangerous ammonia, converting them to nitrites, and then the nitrites to less toxic nitrates. Biological filtration is also known as the nitrogen cycle. Chemicalfiltration can ...
Also just a suggestion but after using a raw shrimp on my first tank cycle, i tried bottled ammonia on my second tank (currently 10 days into the cycle) and the process seems to be going much quicker and easier to control. Quote HATZO1 14 Joined 19 yr Author Posted February 1, 202...
You can perform a fishless cycle by dosing ammonia or ammonium into your tank so that total ammonia is 1ppm. Then wait 24 hours to see if the level of total ammonia has been oxidized down to 0.25ppm or less. If it isn't, then dose total ammonia back up to 1ppm and wait another ...
Soft corals generally pefer the bottom, LPS in the middle and SPS corals up toward the top of the rocks. Remember, corals are not like fish in that they you can add quite a few corals at the same time with out any worries of excess waste or ammonia....
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Without the bacteria, fish would immediately be poisoned by the presence of ammonia in the water. In an aquarium, hobbyists can supply special biological filter media (bio-media) which simply provides extra surface area for the beneficial bacteria to grow. This includes ceramic rings, bio-...
1μmol = 1 micromole which is 1/1,000,000 of a mole. A mole is a quantity like a dozen, a mole of calcium has a different weight than a mole of ammonia. 1μM = 1 micromolar which is 1/1,000,000 of a mole dissolved in 1 liter of solution. ...
Levels of phosphate, ammonia and nitrite should be as close to 0 as possible and nitrate should be no more than 2 ppm. Another important aspect of keeping a tank for anemones is achieving the ideal level of water movement and flow. Anemones require some degree of water flow because they ...
Finally received my ammonia and bottled bacteria. I ended up using Dr. Tim's. I used the exact amount the bottle suggested (80% of tank volume=12 gallons at 4 drops per gallon=48 drops) but my ammonia was very high. Not sure what happened with that. I tested my ammonia, nitrites, ...