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So I just tested and nitrites are down to 0. So it took 26 hours to go from 2ppm ammonia to 0 nitrites. We are planning on gradually stocking, starting with a school of 15 rasboras and a school of 15 red eye tetras. Do I need to continue dosing with ammonia, or am I ok to get some fish tomorrow?

So we did a massive water change, and the nitrites finally registered between 2 and 5. We have been waiting for the nitrites to drop, and then adding ammonia at 1 ppm for the last few days. I added 2ppm ammonia yesterday morning to do my final check, and it was down to .25 this morning. It looks...

Ok, thanks so much for your help! We will leave it alone for a few days and hope something changes.

I will take the water in to get tested, though I really doubt it is the test. We saw the gradual climb in nitrites, and our other tanks show 0 nitrites with the same test. It is an API Master Test Kit that is about a year and a half old.

No, we have only been adding 1ppm every other day in the hopes that the nitrites will have a chance to fall.

We did two pwcs, 50% and 70%, two hours apart last night. The nitrites were still too high for a reading. This morning we did another 70% pwc with the nitrites still off the chart. Our tap water has 0 nitrites in it, so they are not coming from that at all. Is there a point when we are doing...

Hi, I need some help with my fishless cycle on a 120 gallon. We got started about a month ago. We used filter media from established tanks to get started. When ammonia is added, it is gone very quickly. The nitrites spiked over a week ago, and now they are so high they I can't get a reading...