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I did the same mistake... 9 weeks it took to finally balance out! But now it's a happy tank that has spot on chemistry.

AI Prime, company makes some pretty awesome stuff.

Picture shows max settings at 3pm

With my tank having nicely stabilized and all... wondering if my AI LED lighting is set up decently for my plants? I know that standard set up is geard toward saltwater lighting. Any recomendations to the percent of the color spectrums that can be adjusted? Picture is what I have it at now.

Fish in cycle. Originally didn't wait long enough when I set up this tank. Added fish too soon. Was a nightmare for so many weeks. Lost some fish but, seems fish are way more happy now. :)

As some here had seen my post about the excessive ammonia issues I was having, my 9th week suddenly changed in the last few days. Ammonia is finally at zero! pH has been hanging around 6.6 to 6.7 Took a photo of my full tests this morning. pH and Nitrite the same! Nitrites at around 2.0ppm...

Thanks for the compliments!

Yes, overflow style to a 10 gal sump tank below. The dirty fish were the daughters... re-homed... but yeah, not a happy mix. Hoping to get her own tank soon and move them dirty birds out!

Hoping they do. Lost a few good fish but, have enough to keep it looking like a tank and not a processing plant.

yes, all real. thriving suprisingly after months of horrid pH and ammonia issues. :D

As a few have helped me with my excessive ammonia issues... things have been getting under control now... not perfect but, waaaay better. Here are pics

As some have read previously, my ammonia levels were pretty bad. Today, it has become out of control. I had to use an ammonia test from my company... 26ppm. Unbelievable. Losing fish now. I am going buy a used tank to try and move the remaining fish to this temporary tank. :( I can't...

awesome help! will get started on that advice!

maybe mid.... 30?

new tank. pretty sure I didn't do my start up correctly and added my fish when I thought it was good.

will give this a shot. fingers crossed!

I will give this a read. Thank you!

As I continue being plagued by dangerously high ammonia levels for reasons I don't know why still.... now I'm battling pH that keeps dropping to 6.0 - 6.4, does my excessively high ammonia cauase this? I'm literally about to give up on this tank. Since my last post about my ammonia levels...

correct, no fish for those 5 weeks. prolly misslead myself with the test results. just confused at how high this test shows for the ammonia... unless it isn't. fish seem fne though, for now anyway.

Yes, he said it was removed from his previous tank, not washed.

This tank was brand new. Substrate was from a freshwater enthusiast. Plants bought from a non-corporate fish store, with excellent quality plants and freshwater/salt water fish.

I feed them once, lightly... every other day. I do use Prime. I have not touched the gravel when draining in 2 weeks. Haven't touched the filter since putting tank online. So, I'm wondering if my API ammonia test isn't accurate... if I'm using Prime?

Sounds like I need to research more before doing! It's been 25+ years since maintaining aquariums. :D May need to re-home the gold fish....

I added bacteria (from Prime) on the initial setup. After the 5th week, my tests showed no ammonia, 0.25ppm nitrites and nitrates 0ppm. I added plants on the 3rd week to which I started showing ammonia (2.0ppm) On that 5th week, added my fish (within a 2 day period) and then snails there...

oh... tank water in the last couple days is slightly cloudy. ?