hi guys ,
first off thanks for reading my post , i have a 29 gal tank i just started to get going 3 days ago i put the blue rocks that u put in the bottom of the tank and a couple of fake plants in there and i have a aquaview50 filter , now my problem is my well water, it looked good for the first day and half and now this morning i noticed my water looks kinda yellowish and greenish, dont look right, i added start right, at the beginning and the salesman said to add cycle, so i added that a day later, i guess to get the bacterial started is what he said,, i did a test on my water and both from my faucet and tank my my reading are
nitrate=0
nitrite=o
hardness=0 very soft
alkalinity=300
ph=8.4
as u see my alk and ph are way off, im so confused i get told somthing diff at every pet store i go to , some say the fish will adapt and others say to get ph minus , some said my water color was from my well , or the iron in my water , or from the cycle, be added to quickly, others said it was from the blue rocks i got on the bottom of the tank , anyways what i did was did a 50% water change and just added more start right,thinnking it was the cycle that did it-- should i not worry bout the color of water and slowly add some hardy fish, will the right fish adapt to them levels in my tank- thanks so much for taking the time to read this long post and any help or suggestions would be so appreciated thanks
bob
first off thanks for reading my post , i have a 29 gal tank i just started to get going 3 days ago i put the blue rocks that u put in the bottom of the tank and a couple of fake plants in there and i have a aquaview50 filter , now my problem is my well water, it looked good for the first day and half and now this morning i noticed my water looks kinda yellowish and greenish, dont look right, i added start right, at the beginning and the salesman said to add cycle, so i added that a day later, i guess to get the bacterial started is what he said,, i did a test on my water and both from my faucet and tank my my reading are
nitrate=0
nitrite=o
hardness=0 very soft
alkalinity=300
ph=8.4
as u see my alk and ph are way off, im so confused i get told somthing diff at every pet store i go to , some say the fish will adapt and others say to get ph minus , some said my water color was from my well , or the iron in my water , or from the cycle, be added to quickly, others said it was from the blue rocks i got on the bottom of the tank , anyways what i did was did a 50% water change and just added more start right,thinnking it was the cycle that did it-- should i not worry bout the color of water and slowly add some hardy fish, will the right fish adapt to them levels in my tank- thanks so much for taking the time to read this long post and any help or suggestions would be so appreciated thanks
bob
