Recent content by DonnellH1525

@aiken drum okay so more questions. 1) I have been re dosing ammonia to 2.0ppm+ and it drops to zero well within the 24 hour period. Nitrites does not seem to want to drop at all. Nitrites are sitting at 2-5ppm for days now. 2) my nitrAtes have dropped significantly all by themselves. I still...

@aiken drum thank you for the input. I have already started dosing with Fishless fuel again to bring the ammonia back up. One question is I have seen both 24 hours for it to drop to zero and 8 hours to drop to zero. Is the latter overkill? For the brown algae, I have seen a little green algae...

@Autumnsky thank you for the links. I appreciate all the credible sources just so I can learn about this and do better!

I recently setup a new fish tank. It’s a Fluval Flex 32.5g Freshwater. It has been running for 2.5 weeks now. I am doing a fish-less cycle. Only thing in the tank is substrate, rocks for decoration, a airstone and about a dozen live plants that are thriving. Temperature is 78°, PH is 7.4 and my...