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I'm about 3 weeks into a fishless cycle and was wondering if it's possible to have missed the nitrite spike in my testing. My ammonia usually takes about 48 hours to go from 4.0 to 1.0, then I repeat. My nitrites have been at zero for about 10 days and my nitrates are slowly climbing from about...

I've been cycling my tank for a few weeks now. The last week I've been dosing the ammonia to about 4.0 then repeat when the ammonia goes down to 1.0. My nitrites are at 0 and my nitrates are at about 5. How can I get the nitrates to 0? Should I do a large water change at this point or just...

I have a quick question about Seachem Prime. I know it's primarily used to kill chlorine, but does it also lower ammonia levels? I'm cycling my tank and currently dosing the ammonia from about 1ppm to 4ppm. next time I do a 50% water change, I want to start using the Prime but I'm not sure if...

I need help! I'm setting up a 20 gallon high freshwater tank. In the tank I have placed about 1 inch of gravel, 2 ornaments and 3 air stones. I have the filter running for about 2 weeks. I tested the PH when I filled up the tank and it was 7.4, a bit high but I read that's within the range...