Today is day 9 of my fishless cycle.
I had started with fish food for a few days but the increase in Ammonia is minimal.
So, I went to get Ammonium Bicarbonate (smelly powder) and brought the level up to 4ppm.
Ammonia drop for 1 day from 4ppm to 2ppm. I dosed it up to 4ppm.
The funny thing is that this morning when i woke up, I saw that I got increased reading on Nitrite and Nitrate at the same time.
Not very "standard" leh. I thought Ammonia and Nitrite will go both to 0 before I see Nitrate?
Any gurus can help?
My current readings are:
pH: 7.5
Ammonia: 4
Nitrite: 2
Nitrate: 0.75
Test Kit used:
Ammonia: API Ammonia (NJ3/NH4+)
Nitrite: API (NO2)
Nitrate RedSea
I had started with fish food for a few days but the increase in Ammonia is minimal.
So, I went to get Ammonium Bicarbonate (smelly powder) and brought the level up to 4ppm.
Ammonia drop for 1 day from 4ppm to 2ppm. I dosed it up to 4ppm.
The funny thing is that this morning when i woke up, I saw that I got increased reading on Nitrite and Nitrate at the same time.
Not very "standard" leh. I thought Ammonia and Nitrite will go both to 0 before I see Nitrate?
Any gurus can help?
My current readings are:
pH: 7.5
Ammonia: 4
Nitrite: 2
Nitrate: 0.75
Test Kit used:
Ammonia: API Ammonia (NJ3/NH4+)
Nitrite: API (NO2)
Nitrate RedSea