missmonday
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey guys.
I'm im the process of cycling my 20 gallon long tank. It's planted, with black sand, some rocks and a little baggie of crushed coral for kh stability.
I started cycling at the beginning of the month, and I had put in 1ml pf ACE ammonia once a day for three days (total of 3ml) because that's what I had done for cycling my 10 gallon. Well, monitoring the ammonia, it was really high so I stopped dosing. I also had some plant die off, so I felt that contributed to the ammonia too. Plants are looking better, it was just some crypt rot.
Here are current params:
Ammonia 4
Nitrite 2-5
Nitrate 160
The ammonia has been going down but veeeerrryyy slowly. I've got a ton of nitrate so I know things are happening. What should I do?
I'm im the process of cycling my 20 gallon long tank. It's planted, with black sand, some rocks and a little baggie of crushed coral for kh stability.
I started cycling at the beginning of the month, and I had put in 1ml pf ACE ammonia once a day for three days (total of 3ml) because that's what I had done for cycling my 10 gallon. Well, monitoring the ammonia, it was really high so I stopped dosing. I also had some plant die off, so I felt that contributed to the ammonia too. Plants are looking better, it was just some crypt rot.
Here are current params:
Ammonia 4
Nitrite 2-5
Nitrate 160
The ammonia has been going down but veeeerrryyy slowly. I've got a ton of nitrate so I know things are happening. What should I do?