| One more ....very important.....keep your ammonia level down to 0 if possible or at the worst no more than .25. with the ph at 8.0 or 8.2 you're really putting alot of stress on those guys. You'll just have to take a reading and note it, change water, say 20-25 % then read again. Keep changing until your reading is .25 or below....preferably .0, but that's tough. Your 1st ammonia indication by tests was December 3rd. You still got about 6-10 days before your filter is hopefully going to handle it. It has started as you you starting showing nitrite the same day. You may be changing out some of the water a couple times a day. Spread it out some. It's a pain but that ammonia has to come down artifically until the filter handles it. The salt level a .3% will help with the nitrite, but you want to do the same the keep it down as well. Don't envy ya..but been there, done that.
You will get up one morning and your kits will show nothing...it will happen...that's the good news water wise. By the way what are the bottles sitting next to the pond....amquel, amquel +, etc. Also see you have Hakari food...that I hope stays in the bag for awhile...wheat germ, staple, gold? |