Crazyhermitcrab
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have been doing a cycle on my tank for about a week now. there are 4 female bettas in the tank.
My readings for the first few days were as follows
Ammonia: 4ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Ammonia: 1ppm
Ammonia: 0.50ppm
Ammonia: 0.50ppm
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
No nitrite or nitrate was showing up, so i stopped testing for a few days. today after a 15% water change... this was the result:
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 5ppm
Nitrate: 20ppm
I dont understand, I thought if there was nitrates that meant it was cycled... how do i have nitrites and nitrates???
How do i get the nitrites to go away?
how do i get the nitrates down?
if it helps i am cycling with established media.
When can i add my fish?
My readings for the first few days were as follows
Ammonia: 4ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Ammonia: 1ppm
Ammonia: 0.50ppm
Ammonia: 0.50ppm
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
No nitrite or nitrate was showing up, so i stopped testing for a few days. today after a 15% water change... this was the result:
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 5ppm
Nitrate: 20ppm
I dont understand, I thought if there was nitrates that meant it was cycled... how do i have nitrites and nitrates???
How do i get the nitrites to go away?
how do i get the nitrates down?
if it helps i am cycling with established media.
When can i add my fish?