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Sounds good. I have ceramic beads. I do understand my tank is not cycled and trying to cycling it. I am updating this post on my process.
What's interesting is that the nitrites have gone down to 0 but ammonia is still there. Nitrates are there. Anyone have idea? So nitrites went from 0 to 0.25...
Aquarium Cycling
Thanks!
Im starting to see nitrates too. Today I saw a little, 5ppm.
But the ammonia did not really drop yet. Still waiting for that.
Is that normal.
I attached it too. Is this normal?
hello! sorry was busy with thanksgiving.
Yes I am doing a 20% water change everytime I see high ammonia. My fish is ok right now.
I am finally seeing some nitrites. Currently it looks like ph = 7.6, ammonia = 2ppm, and nitrites = 0.25!
I should continue seeing the nitrites to go up?
Thanks!
its been almost a week. have had a ammonia level of 1.5-2. ph = 7.2, temp = 79. Still have not seen any traces of nitrite so i dont think the tank is cycling yet. Anything else I should look at?
sounds good at this point im just trying to cycle the tank. i think if the ammonia is that high hopefully it starts to decrease and the nitrite starts to go down.
Updates
So yesterday I was able to add baking soda to the water to raise the pH. I got it to around 7 last night, and tested it this morning and its at 7.2. Should be safe now. So now I have temps at 78, pH = 7.2, ammonia = 1.5, nitrates and nitrites = 0. I can wait a few days and see if...
Sure!
Size = 29 gallon
Put the sponge 3 weeks ago, beads like 2 months.
Yes water test positive for ammonia but I thought it was chloramine. I put declorinator into the water before I put it into the tank. I believe it tests 0.25 with the api test. I have another test I can use
Hi All,
I am new to the forum and this is my first post.
I have had a tank for 6 months now, and trying to figure out how to cycle the tank.
I have a HOB filter, and this is it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1GCQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I currently put ceramic...