This is so nuts with small, Nano tanks. I've been checking parameters daily with an API kit.
I bug my LFS every other day wondering if it's ready for a clown and an invert. I provide my API water samples.
He is like, No, not just yet, another week or so. Granted it is a small 8.5 gallon but my ammonia is stuck at .25. I'm hoping my life rock arriving tomorrow will bring it down. I won't put a sacrificial fish in there.
So...my guy covered the tank and said That's It! I'll take it off in a few days. It's really hurting our relationship.
I've really been non stop testing twice a day with an API SW kit and not paying attention to him, except for my dogs. Has anyone else gone through this. I'm wondering if this is a hobby, not for me with such a small, marine tank. I'm beginning to think I'm going off the deep end with this small tank.
If the life rock doesn't work bringing ammonia down, I will give it up and just use the tank as a conversation piece.
I bug my LFS every other day wondering if it's ready for a clown and an invert. I provide my API water samples.
He is like, No, not just yet, another week or so. Granted it is a small 8.5 gallon but my ammonia is stuck at .25. I'm hoping my life rock arriving tomorrow will bring it down. I won't put a sacrificial fish in there.
So...my guy covered the tank and said That's It! I'll take it off in a few days. It's really hurting our relationship.
I've really been non stop testing twice a day with an API SW kit and not paying attention to him, except for my dogs. Has anyone else gone through this. I'm wondering if this is a hobby, not for me with such a small, marine tank. I'm beginning to think I'm going off the deep end with this small tank.
If the life rock doesn't work bringing ammonia down, I will give it up and just use the tank as a conversation piece.