Betta_Lover97
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jul 31, 2017
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Hi!
I'm new to this hobby and I've been trying to do fishless cycling for about 2 weeks now. I don't really know what I'm doing. Pls help!
So, I dumped the entire bottle of TSS into my 3 gallon tank, and I used fish flakes to get the ammonia. However, it just won't go up to the amount of ammonia that I want.
Did I do something wrong? I dechlorinated the water a day before I used the TSS though.
One more thing, during the first week, I used the API test strip. I only later realized later on that it's inaccurate. Anyway, about a week and a half into the process I used the API master kit instead. Here's the result:
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 1.0ppm
Nitrate: 10-20ppm Couldn't really decide which one I was on.
And today, day 16
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: Didn't test
Nitrate: 10-20ppm
It's like all of those flakes have no effect at all.
I'm new to this hobby and I've been trying to do fishless cycling for about 2 weeks now. I don't really know what I'm doing. Pls help!
So, I dumped the entire bottle of TSS into my 3 gallon tank, and I used fish flakes to get the ammonia. However, it just won't go up to the amount of ammonia that I want.
Did I do something wrong? I dechlorinated the water a day before I used the TSS though.
One more thing, during the first week, I used the API test strip. I only later realized later on that it's inaccurate. Anyway, about a week and a half into the process I used the API master kit instead. Here's the result:
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 1.0ppm
Nitrate: 10-20ppm Couldn't really decide which one I was on.
And today, day 16
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: Didn't test
Nitrate: 10-20ppm
It's like all of those flakes have no effect at all.