Preparation for CRS tank

i have checked. GEX Red does not contain ammonia from what i saw in silane's post few years back. hai....

in this case how to test the ammonia level since it does not have in first place. ????

Originally Posted by andyq

i have checked. GEX Red does not contain ammonia from what i saw in silane's post few years back. hai....

in this case how to test the ammonia level since it does not have in first place. ????

i think should have abit! why not just try testing it??? this way you will know if it has ammonia or not

Originally Posted by berber

i think should have abit! why not just try testing it??? this way you will know if it has ammonia or not

ahhhahha......yah have to buy the test kit tomorrow. sad to say i stil dont have for now.

Originally Posted by andyq

ahhhahha......yah have to buy the test kit tomorrow. sad to say i stil dont have for now.

i dont test for ammonia! haha.. sad to say.. im lazy! hahah... but all my shrimps seems to be healthy.. for test kits why not try those 5in 1 tester strips! cheaper and test everything 1 shot!

Originally Posted by berber

i dont test for ammonia! haha.. sad to say.. im lazy! hahah... but all my shrimps seems to be healthy.. for test kits why not try those 5in 1 tester strips! cheaper and test everything 1 shot!

oh...hahhaa.....

well, i dont with to take the shrimp life to play play. tmr going to buy the api individual tester and monitor....

Gex soil do contain abit very little as i using it in both of my tank 1ft and 2ft. So using Gex soil maybe u can try cycling with some hardy shrimp or use cheap fishes to kick start it. I use cherry and sakura to kick start it but for my 1st week i leave it empty add some shrimp 2nd week 3rd check rather safe to add more 4th nitrite went up after 4th week nitrite went down almost done 5th week ammonia 0 nitrite 0

Originally Posted by avex30

Gex soil do contain abit very little as i using it in both of my tank 1ft and 2ft. So using Gex soil maybe u can try cycling with some hardy shrimp or use cheap fishes to kick start it. I use cherry and sakura to kick start it but for my 1st week i leave it empty add some shrimp 2nd week 3rd check rather safe to add more 4th nitrite went up after 4th week nitrite went down almost done 5th week ammonia 0 nitrite 0

noted with thanks bro. will take reference too.

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by berber

i dont test for ammonia! haha.. sad to say.. im lazy! hahah... but all my shrimps seems to be healthy.. for test kits why not try those 5in 1 tester strips! cheaper and test everything 1 shot!

Tried those so called 5-1 test strips liao. Not accurate one....

Originally Posted by Koji™

Tried those so called 5-1 test strips liao. Not accurate one....

Yea bro they are not very accurate one it nearly cause my tank to perish...... That time i try it say ph and ammonia etc in acceptable condition. So to double confirm i got those liquid type to test again OMG the ammonia is way higher than the strip result.

This shows that not all in one is better than one in one