follicle
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Jan 29, 2009
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Hello all,
I've been cycling my 9 gal planted tank and just can't get the nitrates to disappear. It's been cycling for more than a month now. All else is going good. PH is good. Ammonium and nitrites have disappeared. Plant growth has been great. But for the past two weeks or so, nitrates are reading consistently at 5.0 ppm. This is a fishless cycle. Plants only.
I know water changes during cycling seem to be debatable topic, but I went ahead and performed two (~40% water) in the course of one week with no change.
Any thoughts on what might be occurring? Should I keep waiting it out?
Thanks in advance!
I've been cycling my 9 gal planted tank and just can't get the nitrates to disappear. It's been cycling for more than a month now. All else is going good. PH is good. Ammonium and nitrites have disappeared. Plant growth has been great. But for the past two weeks or so, nitrates are reading consistently at 5.0 ppm. This is a fishless cycle. Plants only.
I know water changes during cycling seem to be debatable topic, but I went ahead and performed two (~40% water) in the course of one week with no change.
Any thoughts on what might be occurring? Should I keep waiting it out?
Thanks in advance!