Jsarita68
Aquarium Advice Regular
Back in June I started my fishless cycle for my new tank. I followed The (Almost) Complete Guide and FAQ To Fishless Cycling found on this forum. I have used that process two other times and have not had a problem but for some reason I have with this one. It began with my Nitrates rapidly rising and my PH crashing and the ammonia stopped going down. After a while I tried putting in some crushed coral and that seems to have helped but every other day, 24 hrs after dosing my tank to 4ppm ammonia I will have a .25ppm ammonia reading. It toggles between 0 and .25. I can't seem to get the tank to be free of ammonia more than 1 or 2 days in a row. The Nitrates are still rising very quickly like every 3 to 4 days they hit around 80 to 160 ppm. I have been doing a 50% water change when the Nitrates get that high so the PH doesn't crash and so when and if the tank ever fully cycles I won't have to do 2 or 3 water changes to get the Nitrates down below 20ppm for my fish. My tank specs are as follows:
Set up on 6/3/17
16 Gallon Widescreen not covered tank
Sand substrate
Heater Temp 83
Aqueon 30-Gallon QuietFlow Internal Filter
Airstone on full blast
Driftwood, lava rock
Plants: Java Fern- Microsorium Pteropus, Variety of Anubias, Water Fern Bolbitits Heudelotii
Lighting: TMC AquaBar LED Light Strip -11 Watts Output, 6500K White Samsung LED emitters. On for 4 hrs. a day.
PH - 7.8, Ammonia - .25, Nitrites- 0, Nitrates- 80 to 160
Thanks in advance!
~J
Set up on 6/3/17
16 Gallon Widescreen not covered tank
Sand substrate
Heater Temp 83
Aqueon 30-Gallon QuietFlow Internal Filter
Airstone on full blast
Driftwood, lava rock
Plants: Java Fern- Microsorium Pteropus, Variety of Anubias, Water Fern Bolbitits Heudelotii
Lighting: TMC AquaBar LED Light Strip -11 Watts Output, 6500K White Samsung LED emitters. On for 4 hrs. a day.
PH - 7.8, Ammonia - .25, Nitrites- 0, Nitrates- 80 to 160
Thanks in advance!
~J