eco23 said:Yeah, that's not a bad idea in your case to give it a couple days off. We don't want to got too long though without dosing it. Maybe Thursday or Friday we'll add it again at the absolute latest. You're on the borderline of the time frame where we'll have to ask some questions and see if something weird is going...
FishDroid26 said:Been following through your cycle log and I hope my 30 gallon doesn't take so long -_-
Look at the bright side, I've been doing a FISH-IN cycle since June 1st and Have absolutely no sign of Nitrites/Nitrates.
As of August 1st, yesterday, I've begun my 30 gallon Fishless Cycle with no media to seed with other than Pure Ace Hardware Ammonia.
I say hang in their, I want hope for my 30 gallon to cycle very soon.
librarygirl said:Keep your chin up! lol I'm on day 52 with no sign of nitrites ever and my ammonia is only dropping .5 per night. So you're still way ahead of me LOL
How long have the nitrites been that high and when is the last time you did a pwc to get them down to a readable level on the chart? If I"m recalling right you did do some pwc to get them down but then they just rose off-chart again quickly, is that right?
Maybe taking a day or so off the ammonia would help, it'll be interesting to see what happens. Definitely following....
Day 52 with no nitrites still, I admire ur patience lol, I would of cracked and probably put a few cracks in the tank by now lol. But at least ur ammonia is going down something must be happening.
I can't remember off the top of my head when the nitrites starting going off the chart I'll have to check my notebook when I get home it's at least 20 days tho, the last time I done a water change was last saturday or Sunday I think, i changed about 90% and the next day nitrites were off the chart again. I'm gonna test again tonight and hope for some change
librarygirl said:Well good luck! It's maddening isn't it? I look forward to the nightly tests and I think "this time there's going to be some change" and then I test and I'm disappointed and then I have to wait another 24 hours for it to happen all over again.
JimmyA said:Really getting hot now Chris! That tank is cooking!
eco23 said:There's the smiley faces!! Still no dancing fish though, lol.
I'd keep it at 1ppm for until no2 hits 0. The no2 should be at zero soon...if not later today.
Personally I'd feed it 1ppm until the no2 is definitely at 0, then one last time dose the ammo to ~2-3ppm, and if it can drop that to zero with zero no2 in 24 hours...cycle complete! Then just do a massive pwc to get no3 below 20 and add fish!
Make sure you keep a close eye on pH at this point. If you see any sudden drops, knock out a 50-60% water change!
Congrats! (almost )
JimmyA said:Woaaaa bud, we gotta break out some ice cream and cake or maybe some beer and steak! Sounds like you're on a roll!