Oops...note to all the newbies out there. Make sure you completely read the instructions that come with your test kits.
I started my fishless cycle by throwing some ammonia in. I did a test, nothing came up. I put more ammonia in, tested again, nothing. And again...I figured something was wrong when I could smell the ammonia in my tank so I decided to read the instructions for the test kit again...
Oops..you need to combine the stuff from bottle #1 AND bottle #2...I figured bottle #2 was there in case you ran out of #1..
Anyway, did the test and it went WAY off the scale. It should have turned green, it turned midnight blue...oh my..probably had something like 50ppm in there...
I changed out about 90% of the water this morning, hopefully I don't screw anything else up
I started my fishless cycle by throwing some ammonia in. I did a test, nothing came up. I put more ammonia in, tested again, nothing. And again...I figured something was wrong when I could smell the ammonia in my tank so I decided to read the instructions for the test kit again...
Oops..you need to combine the stuff from bottle #1 AND bottle #2...I figured bottle #2 was there in case you ran out of #1..
Anyway, did the test and it went WAY off the scale. It should have turned green, it turned midnight blue...oh my..probably had something like 50ppm in there...
I changed out about 90% of the water this morning, hopefully I don't screw anything else up
