Nitrate issues during Cycle.
Hey,
My 60 gal is entering it's 5th week (Fishless Cycling) and my Nitrates have been driving me crazy.
My Ammonia are reading .25
Nitrites are reading 1
My Nitrates go from 10 to 40 to 80 within 24 hrs.
Ex: Wednesday they were at 10, Thursday back to 40, Friday 10 and today (sunday back at 40-80, really hard to read but extremely red.)
Yes, I am doing as per instruction with the Nitrate test. 10 drops of bottle #1, shake tube & bottle #2 for 30sec. 10 drops of bottle #2. Close and shake for 1min.
(API FW MASTER LIQUID KIT)
What is happening to the cycle ? It has been like this for 2 weeks now?
Also, I was showing 0 ammonia for about a week, and now all of a sudden they are back.
The only thing I've done differently in the past week was taking a Media from my established 10gal and put it in the Canister of my 60 Gal (cycling tank).
Any help would be appreciated as I am clueless on what to do from now?
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