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My tank is finally done!!! Perfect timing too, the lfs is having their "50% off anniversary sale" yes! Water is still cloudy from adding the new sand, but ammo=0 nitrite=0 nitrate=5 Woohoo!! Thank you so much eco for your help and guidance!

Okay... good news!!!! Shook the no3 bottle2 like crazy (well, I didn't but that's what 4 year old little boys are for!) for a good 10 minutes (gave it a good hard 2-min shake myself just to be safe) and the results came back awesome! I'm guessing around 100-120ppm? It was a nice cherry red -...

erg! eco I hope you read this!! Before my pH crash, my nitrites had dropped to 0, ammo was 0 as well (nitrates weren't super high but thats another story). If you recall, I did a pwc that night to bring pH back up, dosed ammo to ~2 that same night, and the following morning ammo had dropped...

Thanks for all the help eco.. one last question (well, very unlikely the last question, but I digress). Should I continue to dose ammo up to 4 every morning, or lower the amount, or stop altogether? Thanks so much!

Update this morning: After the pH Crash! Ammo levels dropped to 0 overnight (yay), nitrite reading is high again (5+) but pH has appeared to have stabilized around 7.6. Dosed ammo to 1.0 ppm (expecting this to reach 0 by this evening).. will check nitrite again, and hope it starts declining again.

Thanks guys! just finished my pwc (stupid pH..gotta love pythons though!) Added a small amount of ammo, will check in 20 mins to see where's it at, and hopefully it will be down again by the afternoon. Eco > you deserve some sort of AA Most Appreciated Newb Helper of the Year Award or something!

Thanks.. I do have one other question tho, regarding substrate. When I set up my tank originally a month ago, I only had 1 bag of substrate (I'm using sand). Now I know that the bacteria not only grow in the filter, but also on every other surface in the tank. I am planning on adding an...

So i read the article in your signature, just tested my pH.. went from 7.4 a few days ago to 6.0 now... Also, I have hard water so that's only making it worse:) Gonna do a water change (also think I overdosed ammo this morning... Doh!) and hopefully things will perk up in the morning!

My cycle has been doing weird things, so I just wanted to ask here..google hasn't been much help. Essentially, my question is..what does the ammo > nitri > nitra cycle look like? If I add ammo, how long does it take to convert to nitrite and then to nitrate? Will you be able to detect a rise in...

I'm in the process of cycling a 77gal for a discus set up as well, so here are a few tips that I've picked up.. if you are going to have a "bottom feeder/clean up crew" stay away from any plecos > they can form a liking to the slime coat on the discus and then attach to the fish and cause...

ok, thanks, you've been so much help! I'll keep at it with fingers crossed :)

As it is, I am dosing ammo up to 4ppm every day, nitrites are not moving one bit... should I cut down on the ammo to help nitrites go down? Or keep adding ammo, but monitor nitrite levels instead of using the nitrate test? (this is my first time cycling a tank ever so I'm a total newb, sorry!)

Hi Elenable, I just read your original post on the previous page and it seems like we have very similar problems and stats (my pH is about 7.4-7.6, tho it tested above 8 a week ago). So if anyone has any advice, here's the chance to kill 2 birds with 1 stone!

Hi Everyone.. I need help! My tank (77g) has been cycling for about 2.5 weeks now. It was going great but now..something is up. I'm using the API freshwater master test kit for all my tests. Started out dosing ammo up to 4ppm, and waited until it started dropping (not long.. maybe 3 days?)...