MarshlDillon
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I think i am getting to the normal antsy stage in fishless cycling But have had a couple things confusing me.
I have a 29g tall with a aquaclear 70(no charcoal)
PH 8.2 and hard water
temp 80-82 deg ferinheit
I originally only dosed amm. To 1.5ppm by day 6 it was down to .50 with what looked to me to be a slight amount of nitrite(0-.25) so i dosed back up to 2ppm amm. Fastforward to day 11 back down to .50 amm but still only 0-.25 nitrite and no nitrate. So heres my quandary...why have ammonia levels been (slowly) going down with little or no nitrite?
also why can i not seem to get down to 0 amm. But seem stuck at .50
sorry for the long post any advice is appreciated.
I have a 29g tall with a aquaclear 70(no charcoal)
PH 8.2 and hard water
temp 80-82 deg ferinheit
I originally only dosed amm. To 1.5ppm by day 6 it was down to .50 with what looked to me to be a slight amount of nitrite(0-.25) so i dosed back up to 2ppm amm. Fastforward to day 11 back down to .50 amm but still only 0-.25 nitrite and no nitrate. So heres my quandary...why have ammonia levels been (slowly) going down with little or no nitrite?
also why can i not seem to get down to 0 amm. But seem stuck at .50
sorry for the long post any advice is appreciated.