Bambithegirl
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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!
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!