missgingersnap
Aquarium Advice Activist
Ok...I'm a bit confused with this whole fishless cycle thing. Nitrites showed up on day 7 starting a .25 and working their way up every day. I find the colours hard to read once they get past 1ppm. The 1 and 5 look almost the same to me. I'm pretty sure they went to 5 for a couple of days then went down to 1ppm. They seem to be stuck at 1ppm for about 5 days. I tested for nitrates this morning and they're between 10-20ppm. Is that normal to have nitrates when you still have nitrites? Should I change the water? I'm still feeding ammonia everyday. Help!