orandafan12
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Ive waited for 3 weeks for nitrites to go down. I am getting impatient. How much longer until it falls to 0 ppm?
orandafan12 said:Ive waited for 3 weeks for nitrites to go down. I am getting impatient. How much longer until it falls to 0 ppm?
Flossie said:Where are they now??
dollabill420 said:Search for "eco's (almost) complete guide on fishless cycling" all will be answered, a stall is rare but can happen, you should document it if it really is a stall I'd be interested in your readings of chems in the aquarium
Also when i did this fishless cycle their were already a high count of nitrites. 5+ ppm if i recall. May this have effected the super high notrites
eco23 said:Can you expand on that? Where did the no2 come from? Did you have fish in the tank before doing a fishless cycle? I assume it doesn't come from your tap, right?
orandafan12 said:Yes i actually left the tank running for a while with some common goldfish. But they all died because i did not know what i was doing. After thet died i left the tank standing for maybe a week or 2 with no ammonia.
eco23 said:The problem was leaving the tank without ammo, most of the bacteria probably would have died. Without bacteria, the nitrIte will never convert...so there's really no way to tell where you are in your cycle. The only way to have a good baseline of where you are is to do numerous water changes and get your no2 virtually down to zero. That way you can monitor it and find out how far into your cycle you actually are.
orandafan12 said:So should i do a 100% water change?
eco23 said:I would get your nitrIte as low as possible...around .5 will be fine. There's really no other way to accurately know where you are in your cycle since it began with such extreme no2 levels.
eco23 said:I would get your nitrIte as low as possible...around .5 will be fine. There's really no other way to accurately know where you are in your cycle since it began with such extreme no2 levels.
orandafan12 said:So i found that i just barely had enough of my dechlorinator. I was able to get nitrites down to about 1 or 2. Good enough?
eco23 said:The lower the better...but I'd say that's fine for now. At least we'll be able to see what it does from there. I'm sure the no2 was through the roof and probably stalled since you started cycling with 5+.
orandafan12 said:If it gets high tomorrow should i do a water change?
eco23 said:I don't think you'll need to for a while. The key was to knock it down, see where you are get things moving. Let is know what happens
orandafan12 said:I just did a test. Ammo is gone. Nitrites sky rocket up to 5+ppm. Now what?