In the process of fishless cycling

[Bambithegirl]

Hi All,
I have just started fishless cycling my 30L tank. I finally found ammonia. I also have 2 live plants and added ceramic noodles to my box filter (which also has floss).
I rinsed the ceramic noodles before putting them in but my water seems cloudy and there appears to be a fine dust on the piece of driftwood I have. It can only be the noodles. Should I just leave it?
I added 1.5 ml ammonia, checked the levels and it was off the charts, so I did a 5L wc which brought it down to 4ppm. That was 2 days ago. I will check the levels today.
As I understand it, as soon as the ammonia levels are 1ppm I add more to get it back up to 4ppm? And by this point I start testing for nitrites?
Do I keep adding ammonia to keep it at 4ppm all the time until nitrites and nitrates are off the charts, then to PWC?
Thanks everyone!

 

[Masha]

Not sure about the cloudy water, it doesn't sound like a big deal at the moment, but you are correct about ammonia dosing

 

[Coyne]

I'm sure everybody has their own variations. Here's how I do mine:

I only dose ammonia back up to 4ppm when it reaches 0ppm. Mostly because I don't want to do the math required to figure out how much ammonia I need to add to an X gallon tank that is currently reading Y ppm back up to 4ppm.

I do VERY large water changes (90%+) once or twice a week to keep the nitrites at a manageable level so that the cycle doesn't stall due to excessive nitrite levels.

 

[flitabout]

I have always been told to dose ammo when it reaches 1ppm. this will help.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...guide-and-faq-to-fishless-cycling-148283.html