daniel2509
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Hi guys,This is the first time that I set up a 10g tank with fishless cycle method, included: 50w heater at 78F, top fin 10 filter and 2 moss balls.
I started all the works last week around 8/5 with instructions of a guy from pet smart, he told me about the API Quick Start bottle and suggested it was good for fishless cycling. Therefore, I put 10 ml of API QS into my 10g tank every 24 hrs but i don't think it really worked until today.
Here's my test results with API kit:
From 8/5 to 8/7, my Ammonia around 0.25 to 0.50, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.
From 8/8 to 8/10, ammonia 1.0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.
At this point, I saw my water got cloudy so i did a 25% water change.
8/11, Ammonia 1.0 to 2.0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, ph 7.4 to 7.8
I did a research by myself and figured out that bacteria needs Ammonia to survive, and even added extra API QS couldn't help without food sorce. Therefore, I drop 4 ppm of pure ammonia in and wait for 24 hours.
8/12 Ammonia 1.0 to 2.0, nitrite 0 to 0.125, nitrate 0, ph 7.4 ti 7.8.
I'm totally blind at this moment, i don't really know if my cycle went wrong or ii messed sth up.
I heard that API will help cycling my tank in a week. Did the guy at pet smart give me wrong info? Do I need to do sth like water change using seachem prime? Do i need to stop adding api qs and focus on pure ammonia? Sorry guys, but im totally confused! Any help would be very appreciated!
Thanks,
PS: my tank has some strange thing too. There are 1 line of tiny bubbles was created from my filter and it stayed at the front glass forever. Idk what happened either.
I started all the works last week around 8/5 with instructions of a guy from pet smart, he told me about the API Quick Start bottle and suggested it was good for fishless cycling. Therefore, I put 10 ml of API QS into my 10g tank every 24 hrs but i don't think it really worked until today.
Here's my test results with API kit:
From 8/5 to 8/7, my Ammonia around 0.25 to 0.50, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.
From 8/8 to 8/10, ammonia 1.0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.
At this point, I saw my water got cloudy so i did a 25% water change.
8/11, Ammonia 1.0 to 2.0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, ph 7.4 to 7.8
I did a research by myself and figured out that bacteria needs Ammonia to survive, and even added extra API QS couldn't help without food sorce. Therefore, I drop 4 ppm of pure ammonia in and wait for 24 hours.
8/12 Ammonia 1.0 to 2.0, nitrite 0 to 0.125, nitrate 0, ph 7.4 ti 7.8.
I'm totally blind at this moment, i don't really know if my cycle went wrong or ii messed sth up.
I heard that API will help cycling my tank in a week. Did the guy at pet smart give me wrong info? Do I need to do sth like water change using seachem prime? Do i need to stop adding api qs and focus on pure ammonia? Sorry guys, but im totally confused! Any help would be very appreciated!
Thanks,
PS: my tank has some strange thing too. There are 1 line of tiny bubbles was created from my filter and it stayed at the front glass forever. Idk what happened either.