Okay Guys~
Here are the readings...
Nitrites = 0
Nitrates = 0
Ammonia = it is pretty much zero..not as yellow as it normally is...but no green at all..
Ph= 7.6
So.......... I am at a total loss. I wish I can get into all your heads right about now! I have done one wc @ 50%...What does this mean? And shouldn't my water be clear? Cuz is not~
Ahhh, so much for that effort.... nitrification process 101, verifiable by anyone willing to take the time to do the research. Trial and error...worst way to learn. Ammonia kills fish....nitrites kill fish.....even low exposure over extended periods = fatalities.... eventually. "if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger" doesn't apply here. The ammonia is burning their gills and nitrites are screwing with their blood chemistry. The longer it goes on the more irreversable damage is occurring. That's why you don't cycle tanks with expensive fish unless you don't mind watching them die.....and with the solution....an already cycled tank.... sitting there at your disposal. Ammo-lock....Prime..... Sorry.....Trial and error.....
Mikemacs~ Please forgive me, I didnt mean to like ignore your post. That isnt me. But in all honesty, I do not want to mix anyone with anyone else right now~It is pretty clear you know of that which you speak and I appreciate it more than you know, but to know me, Mike, is to keep it simple! I
am blonde...lol! Please do not think your time and efforts below went unoticed ( that so doesnt look right!) as I did read every word. Three times. If you would have said: 'Marie your fish are gonna die, do this now'... I would have on a dime, Sir...but they are still piggies and very active....
Could you please tell me what you think now? My readings are posted up there^ ... and you mentioned you are new to posting here? Well, make no mistake, Mike...You will have plenty of opportunity to post more where I am concerned! But remember that I am not as smart as you when it comes to this, I deal with the mind, Mike...lol... not test tubes and bio filters, and cycles! lol!!
Again, I
do apologize, I didnt mean to ignore your suggestions as that was not my intentions at all!
Ron, Jeckle, Timbo... Thanks guys!! Jeckle, I have heard of that product as well~
So,
Now what guys?? Tank still cloudy, not as bad, since first wc...and readings are okay...
I so need to know the first thing that went thru your minds, since the new readings... cuz ....that is the only way I am ever going to learn~
Marie~