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Sounds good. I have ceramic beads. I do understand my tank is not cycled and trying to cycling it. I am updating this post on my process. What's interesting is that the nitrites have gone down to 0 but ammonia is still there. Nitrates are there. Anyone have idea? So nitrites went from 0 to 0.25...

Aquarium Cycling Thanks! Im starting to see nitrates too. Today I saw a little, 5ppm. But the ammonia did not really drop yet. Still waiting for that. Is that normal. I attached it too. Is this normal?

hello! sorry was busy with thanksgiving. Yes I am doing a 20% water change everytime I see high ammonia. My fish is ok right now. I am finally seeing some nitrites. Currently it looks like ph = 7.6, ammonia = 2ppm, and nitrites = 0.25! I should continue seeing the nitrites to go up? Thanks!

its been almost a week. have had a ammonia level of 1.5-2. ph = 7.2, temp = 79. Still have not seen any traces of nitrite so i dont think the tank is cycling yet. Anything else I should look at?

sounds good at this point im just trying to cycle the tank. i think if the ammonia is that high hopefully it starts to decrease and the nitrite starts to go down.

Updates So yesterday I was able to add baking soda to the water to raise the pH. I got it to around 7 last night, and tested it this morning and its at 7.2. Should be safe now. So now I have temps at 78, pH = 7.2, ammonia = 1.5, nitrates and nitrites = 0. I can wait a few days and see if...

i just put some baking soda..what causes the low ph. i tested the water and its 7.2 so a little hard. not sure why its so low

can i get that in an aquarium store?

ah ok, the problem is the tank ph is 6. thats why. what can i do to increase it?

Issue Ah I just tested them and they both are reading 0. Nitrates are reading 0, ammonia reads 2. I dunno, what am I doing wrong for it not to cycle?

Sure! Size = 29 gallon Put the sponge 3 weeks ago, beads like 2 months. Yes water test positive for ammonia but I thought it was chloramine. I put declorinator into the water before I put it into the tank. I believe it tests 0.25 with the api test. I have another test I can use

Hi All, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I have had a tank for 6 months now, and trying to figure out how to cycle the tank. I have a HOB filter, and this is it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1GCQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I currently put ceramic...