my tank is not cycling my tank as now been up and running about 9 weeks i am doing a fish in cycle i have 9 neon tetras 2 black mollies and 2 dwarf gouramis i have read every thing about the nitrogen cycle but nothing is happening my readings tonight are.
ammonia - 0.25
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 0
p.h - 7.4
my ammonia as never got above 0.5 it hardly ever gets above 0.25 i did a 20% water change 8 days ago and i test the water every day but my reading just never change surely they is something going wrong somewhere.
this is what tank i have got and what i did from the start.
hi everyone this is my first post i am new to fish keeping and my tank doesn't seem to be cycling iv got a juwel rio 300 with a all pond solutions 1400ef external filter.
i started my cycle of with the tetra safe start i followed the instructions from what tetra told me i added 9 neon tetras 1 hour later after adding the tetra safe start left it 2 weeks testing the water daily after 2 weeks all my readings were 0 i did a 20% water change and i added another dose of tetra safestart because i was going on holiday for a week 3 days later and i didnt want any sudden spikes when i was away its now been 2 weeks since the second dose and my readings are 0.25 Ammonia 0 nitrate and 0 nitrite.
in my tank now i have 9 neon tetras 2 black mollies and 2 gouramis i am just confused because nothing seems to be happening with the cycle i am monitoring the water at least once a day most of the time twice because i dont want to lose any fish.
also when i got back of holiday i cleaned the gravel and the tank because the timer on the lights didnt work right so they was on 24 hrs a day for 7 days which caused loads of algae.
if any one could help me it would be great
thanks Adam
ammonia - 0.25
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 0
p.h - 7.4
my ammonia as never got above 0.5 it hardly ever gets above 0.25 i did a 20% water change 8 days ago and i test the water every day but my reading just never change surely they is something going wrong somewhere.
this is what tank i have got and what i did from the start.
hi everyone this is my first post i am new to fish keeping and my tank doesn't seem to be cycling iv got a juwel rio 300 with a all pond solutions 1400ef external filter.
i started my cycle of with the tetra safe start i followed the instructions from what tetra told me i added 9 neon tetras 1 hour later after adding the tetra safe start left it 2 weeks testing the water daily after 2 weeks all my readings were 0 i did a 20% water change and i added another dose of tetra safestart because i was going on holiday for a week 3 days later and i didnt want any sudden spikes when i was away its now been 2 weeks since the second dose and my readings are 0.25 Ammonia 0 nitrate and 0 nitrite.
in my tank now i have 9 neon tetras 2 black mollies and 2 gouramis i am just confused because nothing seems to be happening with the cycle i am monitoring the water at least once a day most of the time twice because i dont want to lose any fish.
also when i got back of holiday i cleaned the gravel and the tank because the timer on the lights didnt work right so they was on 24 hrs a day for 7 days which caused loads of algae.
if any one could help me it would be great
thanks Adam