Yeah, the purigen may actually remove some of the organics. I would throw both bags at it. At least there are no fishy lives at risk, just time.I’m highly curious to see if the api test goes to yellow after running the purigen
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Yeah, the purigen may actually remove some of the organics. I would throw both bags at it. At least there are no fishy lives at risk, just time.I’m highly curious to see if the api test goes to yellow after running the purigen
Cement ! Looks genuine from here.Yeah look the grey hard stuff is Cement
I cracked the sh*ts with trying coral gum/super glue and got a bit carried away with it
Normal cement?
I agree. Even our fish place said API is unreliable and not to use it. Back when we tested at home with API we read multiple online reviews saying API tests always say there’s green/ammonia when there isn’t and that all the parameters are off. So we had our fish store test and they use Salifert and another type and our results better reflected what we saw in our tank, which were happy heathy fish. Our fish place told us not to use API because everyone has the same issues with results being off. Also, there’s an ammonia reader you can get for $7 that hangs in the tank and gives a constant reading. Happy cycling!I would lean toward trusting the Salifert test as API is notoriously inaccurate. However, if the Ammonia is truly @ 8ppm I would do some large water changes and bring that down. That would be high enough to stop a cycle all together. The general rule, IIRC, is that you don't want to exceed 5ppm at any point.
Who sells the Ammonia Monitor ?So we had our fish store test and they use Salifert and another type and our results better reflected what we saw in our tank, which were happy heathy fish. Our fish place told us not to use API because everyone has the same issues with results being off. Also, there’s an ammonia reader you can get for $7 that hangs in the tank and gives a constant reading. Happy cycling!
As much as we try not to buy stuff from Petco, we got it there.Who sells the Ammonia Monitor ?
Seachem Ammonia Alert. It’s a bit vague, but does show you the ups and the downs when cycling.Who sells the Ammonia Monitor ?
Yes, that’s the one. It has a suction cup for attaching inside the tank. Minimum investment for additional/comparative parameter peace of mind.Seachem Ammonia Alert. It’s a bit vague, but does show you the ups and the downs when cycling.
Cycle has started by the looks of it.So Day 17
Test results as below;
Salifert - Again hard to pick, is it 1.5 or 0.5, Leaning toward 1.5 personally
API - 1.0ppm - so has not moved from yesterday
pH I would say 7.8-8 IRL (photo definitely shows 8 though)
Nitrates appear to be 0 in this photo however IRL I believe it to be 0.25 as there is a definite purple hue to it, not blue.
Nitrates appear to be 0