Recent content by r8please

Hi Guys, a little update on the cycle. For the last 3 days my readings have been Ammonia 0 Nitrite 8 (could be higher) Nitrate 80 (could be higher) I am dosing 2ppm every day, should I be thinking about a water change to bring the ites and ates to readable levels? TIA

Thank you Cold Koi. This is still a massive learning process for me so this cycle is going to be anything but smooth sailing I’m sure. I am beginning to doubt the NT Labs test. I may try the API test instead

Great thank you. I will top up the ammonia to 2.0 and wait. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Aiken, I was advised to do a water change as my cycle may have stalled. I have the temperature at 28c already. Should I top up the ammonia back to 4.0? Do you have a recommended bacteria? With regards to a fish in cycle, I do have 4x Zebra Danio in my smaller tank that were originally...

Hi all, I am currently in week 4 of a fishless cycle and have had some odd readings since the start. You will see I had nitrite and nitrate from very early on. I have attached a log of my readings which will hopefully help. In the last week I have seen both nitrite and nitrate drop...

Hi all, Thanks for letting me join. I only started fish keeping in June last year with a small 60L tank and have just upgraded to a 200L which is currently cycling. I'm looking forward to planting and adding new fish soon. :thanks: