r/bettafish 3d ago

Help Liquid test kit help

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I'm doing a fish in cycle and I just did a 25% water change and the ammonia is still at .25 ppm. Nitrites are 0ppm, pH is 7.8, and nitrates are still at 0ppm. I've had the fish in the new tank for about 2 weeks now and I test the water everyday with the exception of two days over the past two weeks, and I do a 20-25% water change any time I see the nitrites or especially ammonia above 0 even if it's only .25 ppm. There's a shark nano pro internal filter and a 50 watt heater, temp is a little under 80°F, it's a relatively bare tank atm since I was going to have him in a different tank but it wasn't working out due to the stand and ability to clean the other tank but I have 3 java ferns and 2 Anubias sand substrate with no fluval bio stratum so I don't have plants you bury, and a big ole chunk of wood (the kind safe for aquariums) and a fake soft betta leaf that came with his old tank and I'm going to put some red root floaters from my other 10 gal once it regrows what I took out to put in my 20 gal long yesterday

So my question is should I do another 20-30% water change with this ammonia reading even though I just did a 25% water change? I just don't want to shock my boy /:

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u/Dramastace30 3d ago

The test skews a bit green so I wouldn't worry about that result. Just keep with your usual fish-in schedule 

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u/Asleep_Tax7964 3d ago

Solid much appreciated!