Nostromo
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My ammonia is dropping from 4pmm to 0 in 24hrs, this is happening every time I add ammonia. My nitrites are high, my nitrates today are 10pmm, I have been doing so many water changes because my nitrites are always high but I am bringing the level of my nitrate down as a result of this. My nitrates were at 20pmm a couple of days ago but because of my recent water changes I have brought them down to 10pmm. Should I wait for the nitrates to get high before I do another water change? According to the fishless cycle on this site, I need to keep the ammonia at 4pmm, because if it stays at 0 I will lose my bacteria, but if I keep dosing ammonia to 4pmm like the cycle says I am keeping the nitrites high. So do I let the ammonia stay at 0 so the nitrites will fall to 0? This is my first ever cycle so that is why I need help from people who has done this, as to what I need to do to get through this to get the cycle reading ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and my nitrates below20pmm thanks