The Puffer Forum

Pufferpunk wrote:Yeah, test strips have not been known to be very accurate.

Fugu, I liked your speech.

Thank you PP, maybe Ive finally learned something after all.

My HD PVR wrote:i still do my wc... SHH!!

lol Bad! Just be careful!!

Now, will a 50% wc of a 1.004 SG lower my ammonia

if ammonia high a 50% change will certainly lower this reading but sounds like tank cycling? please read the relevant advice on this site for that, please will make more sense if you do so are there fish in the tank? still no luck on other test kits then? and hows the leg?

legs fine, ammonia test kit is all i have right now, the tank has been cycled for about 2 months, changed to BW and my ammonia is around a .25, its been lowering a bit, so i dont know if i should leave it at is, or just do the WC

you upped the sg too fast so it is cycling again, you prob killed most of the bacteria (just read back through the post) if its dropping i would leave it and keep an eye did you read the fishless cycle article? if not please please please do it will help more than you would believe, honestly will take 2 mins to read and understand. glad leg on the mend

So just get rid of my fish right now? There is already bacteria on my filter pad, so would getting rid of my fish be okay?

no if fish in there do water change . if you wanna take fish out leave it

if you read the info on cycling these questions can prob b avoided, do not expose fish to excess ammonia

If you remove all fish, then you need to use ammonia to continue cycling. Best thing for the fish.

so i use ammonia to prevent ammonia...?

The bacteria eat the ammonia. Ammonia kills fish. To cycle your tank you need to have an ammonia source however to do this kindly you must not have fish in the water. When you remove the fish you remove the ammonia source and therefore you must replace it

buy non foaming ammonia?

Yes, one without soap in it. That you can add in once the fish are out. As a bonus the tank will cycle more quickly

so should i not do my BW wc?

After 4 pages of your still not understanding our answers & links provided, I have come to the conclusion that you really should keep a FW puffer.