Hello all,
I started my new tank, MarineX 100.4, on Sunday April 24th. I added in 16 oz of Turbo start 900 along with feeding the bacteria with Algae Barn NitroCycle ammonia. The tank was cycled according to testing on May 2nd. I added my first fish, a pair of clowns, on May 3. I have tested this morning and there was 0 nitrites but 20-40 nitrates reading with API dip test .. API ammonia test is reading 0.25-0.5 it seems. Is it time to add a clean up crew or do my first water change? Tank has no show of any algae bloom or diatoms to this point. Thank you.
I started my new tank, MarineX 100.4, on Sunday April 24th. I added in 16 oz of Turbo start 900 along with feeding the bacteria with Algae Barn NitroCycle ammonia. The tank was cycled according to testing on May 2nd. I added my first fish, a pair of clowns, on May 3. I have tested this morning and there was 0 nitrites but 20-40 nitrates reading with API dip test .. API ammonia test is reading 0.25-0.5 it seems. Is it time to add a clean up crew or do my first water change? Tank has no show of any algae bloom or diatoms to this point. Thank you.