abw0004
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hello everyone,
If you have been on the forum the past week, you are probably getting sick of me posting so many questions, but I have been stumped on this one and have gotten conflicting advice. My tank has been cycling for a little over 3 weeks now with fish. For the past week my ammonia reading have been between .5 and 1 with Nitrites at 0. Last Saturday I tried adding Microbe-Life (bacteria in a bottle) with no avail. That was returned. Tuesday I did a 50% water change with the ammonia level not changing at all and Wednesday a 40% water change with no relief. I went to the store and had them check the water and the readings were the same so I asked them what to do and they told me to wait until Monday to do another water change. I went to another store and was told the same thing. On here I read to keep doing water changes so I am conflicted. The ammonia won't move and the nitrite won't either. The fish seem happy though. Help? Thanks!!
If you have been on the forum the past week, you are probably getting sick of me posting so many questions, but I have been stumped on this one and have gotten conflicting advice. My tank has been cycling for a little over 3 weeks now with fish. For the past week my ammonia reading have been between .5 and 1 with Nitrites at 0. Last Saturday I tried adding Microbe-Life (bacteria in a bottle) with no avail. That was returned. Tuesday I did a 50% water change with the ammonia level not changing at all and Wednesday a 40% water change with no relief. I went to the store and had them check the water and the readings were the same so I asked them what to do and they told me to wait until Monday to do another water change. I went to another store and was told the same thing. On here I read to keep doing water changes so I am conflicted. The ammonia won't move and the nitrite won't either. The fish seem happy though. Help? Thanks!!