missmercury83
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- May 1, 2018
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Hey everyone,
This is my second attempt at cycling my 4ft tank within 6 months. The first time everything was going well until I got a bit excited and ended up stalling and eventually ruining the tank cycle. Eventually, after 4 months we got back on track and here I am at 6 months and I *think* the tank has finally come to the end of cycle. Nitrites dropped to 0 this morning, nitrates are 160, however ammonia, is still sitting at 1.0 over 24 hours since I last dosed the tank to 2ppm. (For the last few weeks I’ve observed it go through 0 almost every 24hours from 2ppm)
Is this normal ? For some reason I was under the impression that when the nitrites went to 0 , the nitrates would continue to take care of the existing ammonia but I haven’t seen it drop to 0 in over 24 hours now. Shall I just wait ? It was 2ppm almost 24 hours ago and it’s only still at 1.0.
Any advice or reassurance appreciated!
This is my second attempt at cycling my 4ft tank within 6 months. The first time everything was going well until I got a bit excited and ended up stalling and eventually ruining the tank cycle. Eventually, after 4 months we got back on track and here I am at 6 months and I *think* the tank has finally come to the end of cycle. Nitrites dropped to 0 this morning, nitrates are 160, however ammonia, is still sitting at 1.0 over 24 hours since I last dosed the tank to 2ppm. (For the last few weeks I’ve observed it go through 0 almost every 24hours from 2ppm)
Is this normal ? For some reason I was under the impression that when the nitrites went to 0 , the nitrates would continue to take care of the existing ammonia but I haven’t seen it drop to 0 in over 24 hours now. Shall I just wait ? It was 2ppm almost 24 hours ago and it’s only still at 1.0.
Any advice or reassurance appreciated!