I'm doing a fishless cycle on my new 29gal planted with java fern, anubis, and other misc plants. I took chunks of filter from my mature 10gal, and at first it was pretty good. I added household plain ammonia, and within a couple of weeks my readings were :
Ammonia was 0
Nitrite was 0.5-1
Nitrate was up to about 20-40
Then I added more plants. Nitrate dropped to almost 0. Nitrite refuses to budge.
Then some plants died, I added more ammonia. It went back to zero, nitrate went back up to between 20-40, nitrite was around 1.
Now, here I am:
Ammonia=0
Nitrite=0.5-1
Nitrate=20
What is going on here?
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Ammonia was 0
Nitrite was 0.5-1
Nitrate was up to about 20-40
Then I added more plants. Nitrate dropped to almost 0. Nitrite refuses to budge.
Then some plants died, I added more ammonia. It went back to zero, nitrate went back up to between 20-40, nitrite was around 1.
Now, here I am:
Ammonia=0
Nitrite=0.5-1
Nitrate=20
What is going on here?
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