Recent content by lsr

Hello, About 2 weeks ago I still hadn't seen the ammonia drop at all, so I added Tetra Safe Start and I'm finally getting 0 ammonia and nitrite in 24 hours. :) Although I've always thought that products like TSS were supposed to be a supplement to cycling and not a replacement for it, so I just...

Thank you for the advice! :) I actually added some substrate from an established tank on January 29th, as well as a partial water change to get the ammonia down to 2ppm but there still hasn't been any change in the test results. :facepalm: I also tried adding an airstone in case the filter...

Hello, It's been 5 days since I did the water change and unfortunately the ammonia hasn't started dropping again yet. :( My readings are currently ammonia 4, nitrite 0, nitrate 80, pH 7.4. Is there anything else I can try or should I just leave it alone and keep testing? Thanks!

Okay, thanks! Here are my readings after the water change: 2 ammonia (which I've now dosed back up to 4), 0 nitrite, nitrate somewhere between 80 and 160. I could only change 40% as I don't have enough buckets to change any more, is this enough or should I do another 40% change?

I was just about to do a 50% water change and gave the water another test. My readings are now ammonia 4, nitrite 0, nitrate 160. Since the nitrite spike seems to be over, should I still go ahead with the water change? If yes, should I dose the ammonia back to 4 afterwards or leave it at the...

The pH is 7.5 and temperature is 77. The filter nozzle is making plenty of surface agitation. Today my ammonia is still 4, nitrite 5, nitrate 5. I'll give it a few more days, and if nothing changes I'll do a water change like you said. Thanks for the advice, it was very helpful. :)

Hello, I started my first ever fishless cycle in my Juwel Rio 125 on December 22nd with 4ppm ammonia. On the 14th day I got an ammonia reading of .25 and nitrites were over 5, so I started adding 4ppm ammonia daily and it was dropping to .25 in 24 hours. On the 26th day (Friday) I had .25...