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Re: [GSAS-Member] Nitrogen Cycle - a slow start?
also, do you have new Ottos? My understanding is that many Ottos come weak
and diseases from the suppliers- the general rule of thumb I have seen is
that if they make it a month they will likely be okay. Steev might have
some input on this.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Christine Ranegger <cranegger@msn.com>wrote:
>
> Concerning the Oto ... I wonder if it might have starved since they really
> like algae and in a newly set up tank they might not find enough of it.
>
>
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Christine
>
> > From: mikeycpa@gmail.com
> > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:26:25 -0800
> > To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Nitrogen Cycle - a slow start?
> >
> > Roy,
> >
> > I tried your suggestion as I am using API's Nitrate test solution that
> > is part of their master test kit (the kind with two bottles). I did
> > another test last night with your recommendation of plenty of vigorous
> > shaking. No such luck. Nitrate is still reading 0. Also, when I
> > went this morning to give my fish breakfast before I left for work,
> > one of my oto's had was lying on the bottom, upside down, deceased.
> > The other appeared to be fine and the danios are all just as active as
> > always.
> >
> > Does anyone know about a way to tell if the tank is fully cycled w/o
> > using ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels to verify? Meg's suggestion
> > (below) sounds like a possible explanation but with the death of a
> > hearty fish like an oto I'm a bit concerned now and hesitant to
> > introduce more less-hearty fish without knowing the water is
> > definitively safe.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > -M-
> >
> > ----------------- From Meg -----------------
> > Perhaps the 0 nitrate reading is due to your plants using it up? If
> > there are only a handful of fish compared to the amount of water, you
> > might have a small concentration of nitrate that the plants are able
> > to keep up with.
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