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Please help. I'm going out of town for five days tomorrow... I'm about six weeks in to a fishless cycle (had a cycle stall) with a seeded 55 gal.
My tank is converting Am 4ppm down to 0 in 24 hours (hooray!), and has been able to do this for about a week now, but my Nitrites are off the chains... 5++ within 12 hours after I re-dose the Am and maintaining that high reading at the 24 hour mark... Nitrates are up as well, but I'm not as concerned as I understand that super high Ni can affect the Na readings.
Once for a few days, I didn't do any water changes and just re-dosed Am, and eventually the Ni went down (so I know the awesome Ni feeding buggers are there, they're just not as plentiful yet).
Here are my real questions: While I'm out of town, can I just have my (16 year old) daughter re-dose the Am? Can I avoid her having to do water changes?
Thank you!!
My tank is converting Am 4ppm down to 0 in 24 hours (hooray!), and has been able to do this for about a week now, but my Nitrites are off the chains... 5++ within 12 hours after I re-dose the Am and maintaining that high reading at the 24 hour mark... Nitrates are up as well, but I'm not as concerned as I understand that super high Ni can affect the Na readings.
Once for a few days, I didn't do any water changes and just re-dosed Am, and eventually the Ni went down (so I know the awesome Ni feeding buggers are there, they're just not as plentiful yet).
Here are my real questions: While I'm out of town, can I just have my (16 year old) daughter re-dose the Am? Can I avoid her having to do water changes?
Thank you!!
