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Well not changing anything... Just only dumping excess water as the rain filled the tank to the top and I don't want my galv mesh to be soaked in the water.

For the first time, I am actually seeing growth in the plants. And if Creative1 is right about the moon thingy, I should see them start to bolt up in a week or two with the new moon cycle coming shortly. Will be putting more seeds into the growbed this weekend.

I might be away but I can still hear you Ivan
...and yes the moon is doing its thing

Opps.. Well never doubted the idea, just have to see it for myself. Well actually the plants better bolt like crazy, otherwise the missus will have another month to have a go at me and AP.

I think it has more to do with Pluto being in alignment with Mars or may be a Mercury up your Uranus
Sorry C1 I am a skeptic believe it or not, maybe he won't here me

Hmm... I think C1 is still away... so hopefully he did not hear you....

Did a water test today at 6pm.

Results as per photo.

Ammonia is almost zero, if not already zero. But nitrite is still 1 or greater...
Why wouldn't it come down??

Probably temperature Ivan....

Ahhh Nocky you crack me up
How was the meeting? Nocky

So I presume I should resume feeding?? Slowly increase the feed while monitoring ammonia and nitrite
levels??

Which one C1, I had a quick meet with Faye, oh and the WAWG one, is the one I assume your on about, yes it was as expected, nice to meet up with the weather guys (missed Fu though), but some of them guys are stranger than me

I would Ivan, if amm goes up then cut it, works for me, I wouldn't test everyday, with 13 or so fish you shouldn't have to many problems,

Nocky Yes wawg... I think fu was scared to catch up with such a legend
... but then had second thoughts
sorry for the oT Ivan but I noticed your thread needs hijacking

Don't worry Ivan & Ivan we will get back on track

Okay.... time to fatten these fishes up...

Did a "mini water test" today 7.00pm.

Amm - 0.25
Nitrite - looks like 1

This result was after I fed 1 tablespoon in the morning and 1 tablespoon in the evening on both Sat and Sun. Gone back to 1 tablespoon per day today and will stick at that until Thursday, when I will test the water to determine if I should up the feed.

By the way, I noticed more shit at the bottom of the tank. Is this normal? I am quite certain it is not uneaten food as I now only feed the fishes when there is light and I do controlled feeding (ie. throw in food in small batches) as well and wait til they finish splashing before throwing in the next lot.

Maybe I should investigate into getting another air-pump with air-hose solely to stir the shit up from the bottom so that they can be sucked out, as the area around the existing air-stones is fairly clean and don't have shit close by.

Ivan I don't have a problem with crap, air seems to keep it a float and pump gets rid of it, I would be scooping it up to see if it is food, I feed mine also closer to a time my pump switches on as they stir the water up heaps when they feed, but even if it's shit sweep it towards the pump or scoop it out

Well I scoop the black stuff out, most of it anyway. Looks more like grey looking slimey shit... There are also some very small black particles... I doubt it's uneaten food, but I watched closely today that all food is consumed. So if it appears again in a few days, then it must be fish poo.

Luckily the fishes know how to differentiate which is my hand and which are the food. They went almost berserk when I threw in the food today.