It's really important to keep an eye on the water chemistry when setting up a new tank because it can take time to develop a good base of good bacteria in the tank that help to break down toxic fish waste products such as ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. This process is called the Nitrogen Cycle. This means you need to test the water regularly to make sure there is no build up of toxic waste products which can harm the fish.
Here's the baseline results in parts per million (ppm) for my tank 24hrs after set up.
Amonia 0.25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5.o
pH 7.6
Ammonia is coming up a little already. Even a trace cna be really toxic to fish. Amonia is also more toxic in the presence of high pH so as the pH in my tank is at the top of the range for my test kit I need to get a High Range pH test kit. Also I'll need to be thinking about water changes to lower ammonia too.
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