No Nitrates??

[Marx]

ok i tested my tank today and i have:

Temp 78
ph 6.6
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
nitrate 0
iron 0
kh 1
gh 3

so am i cycled?

also how do i add nitrates? fish?

do i do my 90% water change to get rid of green water?

Thanks!!

[BigDaddy]

Had you added 3ppm the day before?

If so, then yes you are cycled.  Do a major water change and you are ready to go

Adding nitrate for your plants means dosing KNO3.

In a 75 gallon tank, 1/2 tsp of KNO3 will give you just over 6ppm of NO3.

Add fish slowly, allowing 4 to 6 weeks before you add more livestock.

A large water change will not get rid of green water.

[Marx]

i cycled with 3ppm ammonia i can almost fully stock right away?

[Marx]

and what exactly do i need to add? name of chemical??

[BigDaddy]

What types of fish are you planning on keeping?  I wouldn't recommend fully stocking the tank until we know what fish you'll be keeping.

KNO3 is potassium nitrate.  You can get it at hydroponics stores.  As well, some stump remover is pure KNO3.  This can be had at garden centers... HOWEVER ENSURE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN IT OTHER THAN KNO3.

[Marx]

ok bigdaddy.. i got many different guidelines lol...

first everyone said when i do a fishless cycle and finish i can aded most of my stock.. cause fish don't produce 3ppm..

I plan on keeping Tetras, Guppies,clown loaches, Cories,dwarf cichlids, maybe angel fish..

[BigDaddy]

No major waste producers there.. should be safe to add what you want, as long as you don't overstock the tank.

[Marx]

im going to purchase most of the easy ones lol...

like guppies/cories/tetras/SAE's!!

[dpatte]

if you added 3PPM of ammonia yesterda, and have none today, and no nitrite today, then your tank has a big enough culture of bacteria to support a tankful of fish. (your cycle is great)

[Marx]

yup i add my 7 testdroppers full a day..  which is 3-4ppm.. but reading only show 1.4-2.4ppm on test kit right after adding ammonia(for last week up to now)

but by Tommorrow  there are no ammonia or nitrites.. and probably no nitrates lol.. dam green water is sucking it all up!!

[zapisto]

did you test phospate ?
do you have plants ?
if no welcome green water, if you have no plant , ask yourself where the damn nitrate go

[Marx]

no phospates.. well ~.1
No nitrates.. (my tap water has ~10ppm..)
i have about 2 dozen plants..

[luvfishies]

Fill er up with fish, for crying out loud!

No matter how overstocked you go, NO fish will produce 3 ppm ammonia per day, which is what your biobugs are capable of handling.

[tanksalot]

"KNO3 is potassium nitrate. You can get it at hydroponics stores. As well, some stump remover is pure KNO3. This can be had at garden centers... HOWEVER ENSURE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN IT OTHER THAN KNO3."

Manytanks phoned a few hydroponics stores looking for it, and was told after 9/11 they don't carry it (!?rocket science after all--LOL). Did finally find it at Ritchies but only in 25 kg size. Still looking for it, in the meantime using lf$ fert$.
/tanksalot
p.s how do you make the text you're replying to go into that neat shaded box thingy? anyone?

[gvv]

Tanksalot! Just use "Quote" button in the upper right of the message you'd like to reply.

[Marc]

p.s how do you make the text you're replying to go into that neat shaded box thingy? anyone?

Find the post that you want to reply to and click on the "Quote" button belonging to that post.  Your reply is then started with the quoted text included between [ quote ] BBcode.  You should edit the quoted text to include only the portions relevant to your reply.

Marc

[BigDaddy]

"KNO3 is potassium nitrate. You can get it at hydroponics stores. As well, some stump remover is pure KNO3. This can be had at garden centers... HOWEVER ENSURE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN IT OTHER THAN KNO3."

Manytanks phoned a few hydroponics stores looking for it, and was told after 9/11 they don't carry it (!?rocket science after all--LOL). Did finally find it at Ritchies but only in 25 kg size. Still looking for it, in the meantime using lf$ fert$.
/tanksalot
p.s how do you make the text you're replying to go into that neat shaded box thingy? anyone?

Upper Valley Hydroponics carries it.  That's where I get mine... its on Antares Drive.  Hunt Club and Prince of Wales is the closest intersection.

They sell it for $4.95

[tanksalot]

p.s how do you make the text you're replying to go into that neat shaded box thingy? anyone?

Find the post that you want to reply to and click on the "Quote" button

Testing this quote thing out...so cool! Thanks!

[tanksalot]

Upper Valley Hydroponics carries it.  That's where I get mine... its on Antares Drive.  Hunt Club and Prince of Wales is the closest intersection. They sell it for $4.95

Thanks BigDaddy, (I'm still trying to work out this quote thing), I will phone them. So this would replace the lfs NPK right? And be as good?

[BigDaddy]

No, it will only replace the N and K, not the P.

For phosphate, you need to get KH2PO4, a.k.a Mono Potassium Phosphate.