Am currently using a eheim 2232 on a standard 2 ft five plan tank heavily planted. Consist of 3 trays of eheim substrate pro.
Took out 1 tray of the substrate to jump start another tank and replaced with brand new biohome. Measured parameters today and found out the following:
Total ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0.0
nitrate 0.5
ph 7
tds 105
found some brown algae visiting my tank again some on my hairgrass...
Fauna :
6 cardinal tetra
2 otto
3 dwarf cory
~30 plus sakura shrimps.
previously ammonia was undetectable. Checked and did not find any dead fauna nor left over food.
Came up with some solutions:
- reduce my bioload, took out my cardinals for time being
- aerate my tank during non photoperiod(to help bb growth)
- reduce feeding
Would like to ask any fellow AQ-ers if they have encountered something similar. I am suspecting that since bb is 2/3... filtration is unable to cope with exsisting bioload? Any pointers and solutions? thanks
I would think its just a matter of days before the new bio media is filled with the bacteria its supposed to be. From what i've read it is slow growing by bacteria standards, something like 24 hours for it to double its population. Give it another day or so and the bacteria should cultivate the media then the ammonia should be back to zero.
.25 is no emergency, i would keep an eye on it via testing and do a partial WC. Wait another day test again.
yup i do hope so. did my wc earlier. Will see how it goes the following days.
Been 3 days. Checked water parameters: ammonia 0 nitrite 0.
Did a water change and major trimming on my hairgrass.. there's like brown algae attacking the grass only. Hopefully have solved this issue.
Good to hear, i don't know alot yet about all there is to know, but figured this was just a small adjustment issue. Good luck with the algae, hope it stays contained for you.
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