By David A. Lass
Over the next few days I fed the fish in tank #1 and #2 and added enough ammonia to tank #3 to keep the ammonia level at around 5.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 11/18/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| 11/20/2007 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
70 |
2 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| 11/22/2007 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
70 |
2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
100 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| 11/25/2007 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
70 |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
90 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
90 |
| 11/27/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
80 |
2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
80 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
80 |
| 11/28/2007 |
8 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
80 |
2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
30 |
0 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
30 |
| 11/30/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
80 |
2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
20 |
0 |
5.0 |
0.1 |
20 |
| 12/01/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
30 |
0 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
30 |
On December 3rd I did a 25 percent water change on all three tanks. Four fish were added to tank #2.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 12/06/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
50 |
6 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
45 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.4 |
50 |
| 12/09/2007 |
8 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
80 |
6 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
60 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.3 |
65 |
| 12/15/2007 |
8 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
80 |
6 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
45 |
0 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
50 |
On December 16 I did a 25 percent water change to all three tanks, and I added two fish to tank #2 and eight fish to tank #3.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 12/18/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
40 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
50 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
65 |
| 12/21/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
40 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
45 |
8 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
65 |
On December 22 I did a 25 percent water change to all three tanks.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 12/24/2007 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
20 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
35 |
8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
60 |
On December 27 one fish died in tank #1. It was replaced with another fish.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 12/28/2007 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
40 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
60 |
8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
60 |
On December 29 I did a 25 percent water change on all three tanks.
| Date |
Tank 1 |
Tank 2 |
Tank 3 |
| |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
# Fish |
NH3 |
NO2 |
NO3 |
| 12/31/2007 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
30 |
8 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
20 |
| 01/08/2008 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
30 |
8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
35 |