samlitcher
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Cycling a 55 gallon since Jan 9th. Followed all instructions and using household ammonia no additive (very hard to find). Heater is cranked to 85 degrees. No fish of course.
First two weeks ammonia stayed at 4ppm no nitrites or nitrates. Middle of third week started to see nitrites. Couple of days after nitrites and nitrates off the charts. Didn't do partail water change per someone elses advice (not on this site) but PH crashed and so I had to do three 90% pwc to get to readable levels. On this past friday levels were steady after having to adjust the pH to 8.
Now for five days pH has been steady, haven't added any ammonia which is staying at 4ppm, Nitrites are off the chart and Nitrates are holding steady at 10ppm. Feels like it is on pause. What should I do? Should I do a pwc to get the nitrites back on the chart?
First two weeks ammonia stayed at 4ppm no nitrites or nitrates. Middle of third week started to see nitrites. Couple of days after nitrites and nitrates off the charts. Didn't do partail water change per someone elses advice (not on this site) but PH crashed and so I had to do three 90% pwc to get to readable levels. On this past friday levels were steady after having to adjust the pH to 8.
Now for five days pH has been steady, haven't added any ammonia which is staying at 4ppm, Nitrites are off the chart and Nitrates are holding steady at 10ppm. Feels like it is on pause. What should I do? Should I do a pwc to get the nitrites back on the chart?