Well, what seems on taking FOREVER, I may have turned a corner.
I returned from a business trip way late on Friday evening, so first thing Saturday I took a water reading. Still around 4.0 ppm. :?
So I did a partial water change and vacuumed only one general area of gravel as not to disturb the whole tank again like last time. I did notice some very small specks of brown algae starting, but not really worth mentioning too much at this point.
Sunday's water test proved some encouraging results: Ammonia appear to have hit a color mark somewhere between 2.0-4.0ppm so at least I was under 4! Nitrite reading went down too...from 0.25ppm to a lighter shade...I'm guessing .15-.20ppm. I thought I was supposed to get a Nitrite spike after the ammonia spike. Nitrate's climbed just above 5.0ppm.
No water change on Sunday, and one feeding at night.
Monday morning...(today)...only had time to do an ammonia test. Results look even better, but I guess I'm still a little skeptical. Appears to now be between 1.0 and 2.0ppm. If I were to guess....maybe 1.5.
I'll test Nitrites and Nitrates tonight, and maybe do a 1 gal water change. I guess the next few days will tell if my Ammonia portion/cycle has stopped. Any idea why my Nitrites went down instead of up?
I returned from a business trip way late on Friday evening, so first thing Saturday I took a water reading. Still around 4.0 ppm. :?
So I did a partial water change and vacuumed only one general area of gravel as not to disturb the whole tank again like last time. I did notice some very small specks of brown algae starting, but not really worth mentioning too much at this point.
Sunday's water test proved some encouraging results: Ammonia appear to have hit a color mark somewhere between 2.0-4.0ppm so at least I was under 4! Nitrite reading went down too...from 0.25ppm to a lighter shade...I'm guessing .15-.20ppm. I thought I was supposed to get a Nitrite spike after the ammonia spike. Nitrate's climbed just above 5.0ppm.
No water change on Sunday, and one feeding at night.
Monday morning...(today)...only had time to do an ammonia test. Results look even better, but I guess I'm still a little skeptical. Appears to now be between 1.0 and 2.0ppm. If I were to guess....maybe 1.5.
I'll test Nitrites and Nitrates tonight, and maybe do a 1 gal water change. I guess the next few days will tell if my Ammonia portion/cycle has stopped. Any idea why my Nitrites went down instead of up?