kmlong
Aquarium Advice Activist
ok, so ive determined along with the help from everyone here that my tank never really cycled. Well, there is fish in it now so it will have to cycle with fish in there. I've got a big spike in ammonia, more than ever since i set the tank up, it is .5. But the nitrates and nitrites have not moved, they are still 0. Do i even have bacteria in here? Guess they are still growing. From what i understand, the trites and trates will start going up once the bacteria start eating the ammonia and since they have not gone up yet there must be no bacteria eating ammonia. It gonna take time i guess. So i will just do 25% water changes every two weeks or is that too much, it's 20 gal tank. I've got a little slime on the glass too, nothing real bad but im thinking thats a good sign right? well, thought about cleaning it off with a scraper but if my cycle is just starting will this be good to do. My impression with this whole cycling thing is don't touch anything till its over, except water changes. And what can i feed my betta, he won't eat the pellets anymore, maybe like one or two and he's done. I know he's hungry cause he races to the top when i open the hood and then he's like "ah forget that crap" well your info is greatly appreciated, thankyou