Hello all,
First timer here who seems to be struggling. I've been attempting to fishless cycle a tank now going on a month --- I have seen no movement in ammonia dissipation (4ppm) and my NI are reading at 0 as well. I tried a partial water change (20% approx 1 week ago) to seemingly no effect. I'm kind of at a loss as to whether I should stay the course or abandon ship and full water change and use something like Prime.
Ammonia used was the Ace brand
Tank is 65gal Arch style
Nothing special with the filter - it's an Aqueon QuietFlow 75 - only the stuff that came in the box running through it now
pH is reading at 7.6 on API Test Kit (hasn't budged).
Temp is hovering between 82.6-82.8F
No live plants - and light only turned on approx 6 hrs/day
Bubble toys bubbling and water does have some mild cloudiness to it.
I don't THINK I've done anything incorrectly (aside from maybe jumping the gun on that 20% water change) but the absolute lack of movement coupled with my complete inexperience leads me here to beg for more experienced thoughts/opinions.
Thank you so much in advance - can't wait to get this thing stocked and fully functional.
First timer here who seems to be struggling. I've been attempting to fishless cycle a tank now going on a month --- I have seen no movement in ammonia dissipation (4ppm) and my NI are reading at 0 as well. I tried a partial water change (20% approx 1 week ago) to seemingly no effect. I'm kind of at a loss as to whether I should stay the course or abandon ship and full water change and use something like Prime.
Ammonia used was the Ace brand
Tank is 65gal Arch style
Nothing special with the filter - it's an Aqueon QuietFlow 75 - only the stuff that came in the box running through it now
pH is reading at 7.6 on API Test Kit (hasn't budged).
Temp is hovering between 82.6-82.8F
No live plants - and light only turned on approx 6 hrs/day
Bubble toys bubbling and water does have some mild cloudiness to it.
I don't THINK I've done anything incorrectly (aside from maybe jumping the gun on that 20% water change) but the absolute lack of movement coupled with my complete inexperience leads me here to beg for more experienced thoughts/opinions.
Thank you so much in advance - can't wait to get this thing stocked and fully functional.