Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Ammonia Watch canceled (Happy happy joy joy)


Observations

  • My ammonia reading last night was 1.0 ppm. Imagine my surprise when performed this test this morning. It's down to 0.25 ppm!,  Time for more plants and a fish feeding! 
  • The pH is close to a 7.0, and I have a decent supply of nitrites and nitrates for the nitrogen cycle. 
  • There seems to be some algae in the tank, since it's a bit cloudy, but I'm much happier with less ammonia!
  • The surrogate plants also look good. Since the seeds have been soaking, I am going to sowing them in the growbed today.

Seeding

May I present the soaked seeds! The only set that showed by noticeable transformation were the chive, which developed a gooey, translucent membrane around the seeds. The others do not look like that were soaked at all. They are now in the growbed along with a prayer that they grow into something delicious!

Soaked seeds
JalapeΓ±o Peppers
Lemongrass
Chive
Basil

The Numbers


Date GH KH pH NO2 NO3 NH3/NH4 Temp °C
18-May 120 80 7.0 5 80 0.25 23°

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