molliwopp
Aquarium Advice Addict
Again No no no!
For example:
If you cycle to 4ppm and the fish you add werent producing 4ppm of ammonia and the bacteria started to die off, The bacteria themselves would then be an ammonia source. So you now have more ammonia in the tank to feed more of the 4ppm of bacteria youve built up. Put simply, It would equal out by itself slowly. There would be no ammonia spike because when one dies it would feed another eliminating the extra ammonia created by them dying back.
For example:
If you cycle to 4ppm and the fish you add werent producing 4ppm of ammonia and the bacteria started to die off, The bacteria themselves would then be an ammonia source. So you now have more ammonia in the tank to feed more of the 4ppm of bacteria youve built up. Put simply, It would equal out by itself slowly. There would be no ammonia spike because when one dies it would feed another eliminating the extra ammonia created by them dying back.