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OK so I drained about 90% of the water and refilled the tank and my nitrates are between 20-40 so my question is how can i get them lower do i need to redrain the tank again or is there another simpler way? I added 1 ppm of ammonia and i will let it sit overnight and check all the levels again...

OK so I am getting ready to drain the tank 80-90% and then add fresh water, I have a fluval 406 canister filter do i also need to empty the water from this as well or just the tank? Thanks

Hey Rivercats, Thanks again for your help. Do i do that weekly WC even if the levels are ok if so is it still 50% or is it then 25%? And as always everytime you change the water you should add a prime dosage to the new water you add correct? Thanks again!

Hello, I am not sure if thats what helped to get things moving but i would personally atrtribute it to that because after i increased the ph level that seemed to really get the cycle going. As far as how much i added i did not really measure i just added a little bit then waited about 15...

Hey Guys, I decided to stick with the cycle for a few more days and to my surprise i believe i am now cycled its weird it seems everything happened all at once but for the last 2 days i added 4ppm of ammonia to the tank and 24 hours later my readings were 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites, i then...

Thanks for the responses guys. I have just added some baking soda to the water to bring the ph up to 8.4. Like i said i have 0 nitrites but when i did the nitrate reading it is at 20 that seems really odd to me to have a reading of 0 for nitrites but a reading of 20 for nitrates. I tested it 3...

Hey guys I am starting to get really frustrated and ready to throw everything in the garbage. It seems my ammonia levels are stalling again and i STILL have 0 nitrites does anyone have any other ideas out there? Thanks

Ok when i get home tonight i will check and post here Thanks

Ok i didnt check for nitrites/nitrates as of yet i figured it would be a waste until ammonia starts to drop a little faster. Am i correct about that or should i test for them now? Thanks

Nope nothing at all like that, I know it was really weird almost 3.5 weeks and no decrease at all the first time around. The second time around now its dropping but i still think its very slow but at least i am seeing some progress this time :) Thanks

Hey guys, I just dosed the tank back up to 3 ppm yesterday, it was at .5 ppm before I re-added ammonia back to it. This process still seems to be taking a very long time. Do you think there is something with my tap water that it is not able to grow bacteria well? Thanks

Hey guys, My ammonia level just started to drop last night it is about 1.5 ppm now, so when it gets to one should i dose back up to 3ppm or 4ppm? Thanks

I dont get it i dosed it back to 2 ppm last night and i just checked the levels now and its between 2 and 4 on the scale so i am going to guess its at 3. I will check it again tommorrow Thanks

Will do Thanks!

I understand what you are saying about being patient but like i said i originally dosed the tank with 4ppm of ammonia and 3.5 weeks later that level did not change one bit. There is no way it should take that long to see a drop in the ammonia levels hence which is why i drained the whole tank...